THE WEEK IN CHESS 750 23rd March 2009 by Mark Crowther

1) Introduction

My thanks to Dirk Jan ten Geuzendam, Bela Lengyel, Harald Grafenhofer, Thomas Henrich, Luiz Roberto Da Costa Jr, Emmanuel Variniac, Miklos Orso, Stefan Loeffler, Frank Berry, Ozgur Akman, John Saunders, Michael Rahal and everyone else who helped with the issue.

I never really know what to say when I pass another mile-stone. I only reach them by working one week at a time, and so in a way this week hasn't been any different to any other. Also is 750 better than 15 years? Who knows? I mention this because that milestone is coming this year too. The first issue of TWIC was released on the 17th September 1994. At the time I was reporting bits on pieces of chess news and games on the internet and decided to round them all up in one place. This little hobby rapidly got out of control, people from around the world sent me increasing amounts of news and games. It is important to say that without all the people who have helped me over the years TWIC wouldn't be what it is today or probably around at all. So my thanks to the many, many people who have helped and contributed over the years. It is also important to mention Anjo Anjewierden whose work and software on the normalisation of names to produce tables and games in PGN has been at the heart of TWIC. I have some ideas which I hope to impliment soon that will take this work forward.

Returning to a little TWIC history. TWIC was soon taking all my time and I decided it was either time to go professional or give up. I found a sponsor. With issue 96 on 19th August 1996 I found a temporary home with Thoth Communications Corporation part of Grandmaster Technologies Incorporated a company that ran out of money around 9 months after I arrived (such were internet start ups). I had to look around again. Issue 161 on the 8th December 1997 saw me make an agreement with Malcolm Pein and the London Chess Centre and it is this support and co-operation that has made it even possible to get close to issue 750. I doubt I could have found anyone better than Malcolm to work with and I really thank him.

The chess scene has changed a lot over the years. Almost every major event is covered on the internet, many are covered comprehensively. It is also the case that many more ordinary events are covered excellently and there is also much more competition (although everyone has their own ideas about what they want to do) in this area, which is just great for the game and people following the game. It is certain I wouldn't have started if things were as they are now. Chess deserves the kind of coverage it has. In 1993 I discovered both the internet and the fact that I was one of the better informed people on the medium. I should mention Die Schachwoche, Schach 64 Magazin, the Yugoslav newspaper Politika (I worked at Bradford University at the time and was very fortunate we took this newspaper) and Malcolm Pein's column in the Telegraph as being my best non-internet sources in those days.

I do think I have more to do. I have a number of ideas on how to improve both the TWIC Magazine and the web pages. I think there have been incremental improvements over the last year or so but I'm even more excited about some of the changes I want to make. I think the basics are right but upgrades in presentation and organisation made possible by programming should follow in the next few months. I think I'm just as motivated by getting these ideas to work as I was at the start of the magazine. It has been a fairly long road looking into new internet technologies, something I wish I'd done earlier, but it is also true that things like CSS style sheets, PHP, MySQL are starting to work better and become more accessable than they have been.

I feel privileged to be doing such work and expect to get to 1000 and 20 years at least. I also expect the next year or so to be a really interesting time for me. I wish you all well and thank you for your support which has been almost uniformly kind over the years.

Hope you enjoy this issue.

Mark

2) Amber Blindfold and Rapid

The 18th Amber Blindfold and Rapid tournament takes place March 14th (first round) - March 26 (last round) at the five-star hotel Palais de la Mediterranee, splendidly located on the famous Promenade des Anglais in Nice, France. The event is organised by the Association Max Euwe in Monaco.

The total prize-fund is - 216,000 Euros.

This year's field is stronger than ever with all the world's best players taking part.

The twelve participants are (in alphabetical order): World Champion Viswanathan Anand (India), Levon Aronian (Armenia), Magnus Carlsen (Norway), Vasily Ivanchuk (Ukraine), Gata Kamsky (United States), Sergey Karjakin (Ukraine), Vladimir Kramnik (Russia), Peter Leko (Hungary), Alexander Morozevich (Russia), Teimour Radjabov (Azerbaijan), Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria) and Wang Yue (China).

Every day four sessions will be played, two blindfold sessions and two rapid sessions. The first session starts at 14.30 hrs. The fourth session finishes around 20.00 hrs. (Note: the final round on March 26 starts at 12.30 hrs. March 18 and 23 are rest days.)

Official website: http://www.amberchess2009.com

18th Amber Blindfold Nice (FRA), 14-26 iii 2009													cat. XXI (2759)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2
1.	Carlsen, Magnus	g	NOR	2776	*	1	½	½	.	1	1	.	½	1	1	.	6½	3013
2.	Anand, Viswanathan	g	IND	2791	0	*	1	½	1	.	.	1	½	½	.	1	5½	2891
3.	Leko, Peter	g	HUN	2751	½	0	*	1	.	½	1	.	1	½	½	.	5	2860
4.	Aronian, Levon	g	ARM	2750	½	½	0	*	½	.	.	1	1	1	.	½	5	2851
5.	Kramnik, Vladimir	g	RUS	2759	.	0	.	½	*	1	½	1	.	½	1	½	5	2849
6.	Morozevich, Alexander	g	RUS	2771	0	.	½	.	0	*	1	½	0	.	1	1	4	2758
7.	Topalov, Veselin	g	BUL	2796	0	.	0	.	½	0	*	½	½	.	1	1	3½	2712
8.	Radjabov, Teimour	g	AZE	2761	.	0	.	0	0	½	½	*	.	1	½	1	3½	2711
9.	Ivanchuk, Vassily	g	UKR	2779	½	½	0	0	.	1	½	.	*	½	0	.	3	2675
10.	Kamsky, Gata	g	USA	2725	0	½	½	0	½	.	.	0	½	*	.	½	2½	2618
11.	Wang Yue	g	CHN	2739	0	.	½	.	0	0	0	½	1	.	*	½	2½	2621
12.	Karjakin, Sergey	g	UKR	2706	.	0	.	½	½	0	0	0	.	½	½	*	2	2568

Round 4 (March 17, 2009)
Carlsen, Magnus	- Leko, Peter	½-½	26	B12	Caro Kann Advanced
Anand, Viswanathan	- Aronian, Levon	½-½	72	C88	Ruy Lopez Closed
Kramnik, Vladimir	- Wang Yue	1-0	36	D17	Slav Defence
Morozevich, Alexander	- Topalov, Veselin	1-0	44	E36	Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Radjabov, Teimour	- Karjakin, Sergey	1-0	67	C55	Two Knights Defence
Kamsky, Gata	- Ivanchuk, Vassily	½-½	52	B90	Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Round 5 (March 19, 2009)
Leko, Peter	- Kamsky, Gata	½-½	66	B00	Owen or Nimzowitsch Defence
Aronian, Levon	- Carlsen, Magnus	½-½	28	E20	Nimzo Indian
Topalov, Veselin	- Kramnik, Vladimir	½-½	45	D12	Slav Defence
Ivanchuk, Vassily	- Anand, Viswanathan	½-½	28	B19	Caro Kann
Wang Yue	- Radjabov, Teimour	½-½	17	E94	King's Indian Classical
Karjakin, Sergey	- Morozevich, Alexander	0-1	46	B12	Caro Kann Advanced
Round 6 (March 20, 2009)
Carlsen, Magnus	- Morozevich, Alexander	1-0	47	D97	Gruenfeld Russian
Anand, Viswanathan	- Radjabov, Teimour	1-0	64	B31	Sicilian Rossolimo
Leko, Peter	- Topalov, Veselin	1-0	24	B19	Caro Kann
Aronian, Levon	- Karjakin, Sergey	½-½	52	D15	Slav Defence
Ivanchuk, Vassily	- Wang Yue	0-1	29	D15	Slav Defence
Kamsky, Gata	- Kramnik, Vladimir	½-½	129	D11	Slav Defence
Round 7 (March 21, 2009)
Kramnik, Vladimir	- Aronian, Levon	½-½	35	D85	Gruenfeld Defence
Morozevich, Alexander	- Leko, Peter	½-½	49	A00	Irregular Openings
Topalov, Veselin	- Ivanchuk, Vassily	½-½	39	E04	Catalan
Radjabov, Teimour	- Kamsky, Gata	1-0	41	B01	Centre Counter
Wang Yue	- Carlsen, Magnus	0-1	49	D44	Anti-Meran Gambit
Karjakin, Sergey	- Anand, Viswanathan	0-1	33	B12	Caro Kann Advanced
Round 8 (March 22, 2009)
Carlsen, Magnus	- Topalov, Veselin	1-0	69	A33	English Symmetrical
Anand, Viswanathan	- Kramnik, Vladimir	1-0	30	C43	Petroff's Defence
Leko, Peter	- Wang Yue	½-½	69	C67	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Aronian, Levon	- Radjabov, Teimour	1-0	37	E61	King's Indian Defence
Ivanchuk, Vassily	- Morozevich, Alexander	1-0	50	C92	Ruy Lopez Chigorin
Kamsky, Gata	- Karjakin, Sergey	½-½	26	B52	Sicilian Rossolimo

18th Amber Rapid Nice (FRA), 14-26 iii 2009													cat. XXI (2759)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2
1.	Anand, Viswanathan	g	IND	2791	*	1	½	½	½	.	0	1	½	.	1	.	5	2845
2.	Kamsky, Gata	g	USA	2725	0	*	1	½	0	.	1	½	1	.	1	.	5	2854
3.	Aronian, Levon	g	ARM	2750	½	0	*	0	1	.	1	1	1	.	½	.	5	2851
4.	Kramnik, Vladimir	g	RUS	2759	½	½	1	*	½	½	.	.	.	0	½	1	4½	2797
5.	Karjakin, Sergey	g	UKR	2706	½	1	0	½	*	1	.	.	.	1	0	½	4½	2804
6.	Topalov, Veselin	g	BUL	2796	.	.	.	½	0	*	½	½	½	1	½	½	4	2755
7.	Leko, Peter	g	HUN	2751	1	0	0	.	.	½	*	0	½	1	.	½	3½	2722
8.	Ivanchuk, Vassily	g	UKR	2779	0	½	0	.	.	½	1	*	½	½	.	½	3½	2719
9.	Carlsen, Magnus	g	NOR	2776	½	0	0	.	.	½	½	½	*	½	.	1	3½	2719
10.	Morozevich, Alexander	g	RUS	2771	.	.	.	1	0	0	0	½	½	*	½	1	3½	2715
11.	Radjabov, Teimour	g	AZE	2761	0	0	½	½	1	½	.	.	.	½	*	0	3	2667
12.	Wang Yue	g	CHN	2739	.	.	.	0	½	½	½	½	0	0	1	*	3	2675

Round 4 (March 17, 2009)
Aronian, Levon	- Anand, Viswanathan	½-½	32	A31	English Symmetrical
Karjakin, Sergey	- Radjabov, Teimour	0-1	74	B31	Sicilian Rossolimo
Topalov, Veselin	- Morozevich, Alexander	1-0	43	C92	Ruy Lopez Chigorin
Leko, Peter	- Carlsen, Magnus	½-½	58	E60	King's Indian without Nc3
Ivanchuk, Vassily	- Kamsky, Gata	½-½	59	C95	Ruy Lopez Breyer
Wang Yue	- Kramnik, Vladimir	0-1	49	D45	Anti-Meran Variations
Round 5 (March 19, 2009)
Anand, Viswanathan	- Ivanchuk, Vassily	1-0	47	C19	French Winawer
Kamsky, Gata	- Leko, Peter	1-0	96	C85	Ruy Lopez Steenwijker Defence
Kramnik, Vladimir	- Topalov, Veselin	½-½	54	D37	QGD 5.Bf4
Carlsen, Magnus	- Aronian, Levon	0-1	98	C88	Ruy Lopez Closed
Morozevich, Alexander	- Karjakin, Sergey	0-1	68	E37	Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Radjabov, Teimour	- Wang Yue	0-1	41	C43	Petroff's Defence
Round 6 (March 20, 2009)
Kramnik, Vladimir	- Kamsky, Gata	½-½	46	A15	English counter King's Fianchetto
Karjakin, Sergey	- Aronian, Levon	0-1	66	C67	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Topalov, Veselin	- Leko, Peter	½-½	59	C90	Ruy Lopez
Morozevich, Alexander	- Carlsen, Magnus	½-½	25	D37	QGD 5.Bf4
Radjabov, Teimour	- Anand, Viswanathan	0-1	74	B13	Caro Kann Exchange
Wang Yue	- Ivanchuk, Vassily	½-½	69	E12	Queens Indian Petrosian
Round 7 (March 21, 2009)
Anand, Viswanathan	- Karjakin, Sergey	½-½	61	B90	Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Kamsky, Gata	- Radjabov, Teimour	1-0	61	B32	Sicilian Labourdonnais
Aronian, Levon	- Kramnik, Vladimir	0-1	41	A13	Reti Opening
Leko, Peter	- Morozevich, Alexander	1-0	40	B17	Caro Kann
Ivanchuk, Vassily	- Topalov, Veselin	½-½	32	C85	Ruy Lopez Steenwijker Defence
Carlsen, Magnus	- Wang Yue	1-0	39	D16	Slav Lasker/Smyslov
Round 8 (March 22, 2009)
Kramnik, Vladimir	- Anand, Viswanathan	½-½	15	E32	Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Karjakin, Sergey	- Kamsky, Gata	1-0	52	C95	Ruy Lopez Breyer
Topalov, Veselin	- Carlsen, Magnus	½-½	28	D37	QGD 5.Bf4
Morozevich, Alexander	- Ivanchuk, Vassily	½-½	43	D35	QGD Exchange
Radjabov, Teimour	- Aronian, Levon	½-½	57	C55	Two Knights Defence
Wang Yue	- Leko, Peter	½-½	31	E21	Nimzo Indian 4.Nf3

18th Amber Combined Nice (FRA), 14-26 iii 2009																				cat. XXI (2759)
					1		2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9		10		11		12
1.	Anand, Viswanathan	g	IND	2791	*	*	½	½	0	½	1	½	1	0	½	1	.	.	.	.	½	1	1	½	1	1	.	.	10.5	2867
2.	Aronian, Levon	g	ARM	2750	½	½	*	*	½	1	½	0	0	1	1	0	.	.	.	.	1	1	½	1	1	½	.	.	10.0	2851
3.	Carlsen, Magnus	g	NOR	2776	1	½	½	0	*	*	.	.	½	½	1	0	1	½	1	½	½	½	.	.	.	.	1	1	10.0	2857
4.	Kramnik, Vladimir	g	RUS	2759	0	½	½	1	.	.	*	*	.	.	½	½	½	½	1	0	.	.	½	½	1	½	1	1	9.5	2819
5.	Leko, Peter	g	HUN	2751	0	1	1	0	½	½	.	.	*	*	½	0	1	½	½	1	1	0	.	.	.	.	½	½	8.5	2786
6.	Kamsky, Gata	g	USA	2725	½	0	0	1	0	1	½	½	½	1	*	*	.	.	.	.	½	½	½	0	0	1	.	.	7.5	2738
7.	Topalov, Veselin	g	BUL	2796	.	.	.	.	0	½	½	½	0	½	.	.	*	*	0	1	½	½	1	0	½	½	1	½	7.5	2734
8.	Morozevich, Alexander	g	RUS	2771	.	.	.	.	0	½	0	1	½	0	.	.	1	0	*	*	0	½	1	0	½	½	1	1	7.5	2737
9.	Ivanchuk, Vassily	g	UKR	2779	½	0	0	0	½	½	.	.	0	1	½	½	½	½	1	½	*	*	.	.	.	.	0	½	6.5	2697
10.	Karjakin, Sergey	g	UKR	2706	0	½	½	0	.	.	½	½	.	.	½	1	0	1	0	1	.	.	*	*	0	0	½	½	6.5	2696
11.	Radjabov, Teimour	g	AZE	2761	0	0	0	½	.	.	0	½	.	.	1	0	½	½	½	½	.	.	1	1	*	*	½	0	6.5	2689
12.	Wang Yue	g	CHN	2739	.	.	.	.	0	0	0	0	½	½	.	.	0	½	0	0	1	½	½	½	½	1	*	*	5.5	2645

3) 10th European Individual Budva Montenegro

The 10th European Individual Budva took place in Montenegro 6th-17th March 2009. Evgeny Tomashevsky took the title after a day of playoffs, he beat Vladimir Malakhov 2-1 in the final.

Official site: http://www.eurobudva2009.com

10th ch-EUR Budva (MNE), 6-19 iii 2009 Final Round 11 Standings (playoffs determined the medals):
Rank	SNo.		Name	Rtg	FED	Pts	BH.	BH.	vict	Fide
1	19	GM	Sokolov Ivan	2657	NED	8	63	76½	5	51
2	20	GM	Inarkiev Ernesto	2656	RUS	8	62½	76	6	54½
3	3	GM	Naiditsch Arkadij	2693	GER	8	62½	76	5	49
4	17	GM	Tomashevsky Evgeny	2664	RUS	8	62	75½	5	49
5	33	GM	Navara David	2638	CZE	8	60½	74	6	49
6	4	GM	Malakhov Vladimir	2692	RUS	8	60½	73½	5	47
7	21	GM	Grachev Boris	2655	RUS	8	60	73	6	48
8	15	GM	Jobava Baadur	2669	GEO	8	59½	71½	7	49½
9	36	GM	Kobalia Mikhail	2634	RUS	8	59	72	5	50
10	18	GM	Guseinov Gadir	2661	AZE	8	57½	70	5	47½
11	31	GM	Nyback Tomi	2644	FIN	8	54½	66½	6	48½
12	53	GM	Meier Georg	2608	GER	7½	63½	76½	5	51
13	101	GM	Nijboer Friso	2559	NED	7½	62	74	5	44½
14	38	GM	Fedorchuk Sergey A	2633	UKR	7½	61½	75½	6	49½
15	13	GM	Timofeev Artyom	2671	RUS	7½	61½	74	4	47½
16	98	GM	Sjugirov Sanan	2562	RUS	7½	61½	73½	6	50
17	64	GM	Bartel Mateusz	2594	POL	7½	60½	73½	4	48
18	32	GM	Mamedov Rauf	2638	AZE	7½	59½	72½	4	47½
19	12	GM	Areshchenko Alexander	2673	UKR	7½	59	70½	5	45½
20	68	GM	Stevic Hrvoje	2592	CRO	7½	59	70½	5	45
21	7	GM	Vitiugov Nikita	2687	RUS	7½	58½	71½	4	44½
22	5	GM	Dreev Alexey	2688	RUS	7½	58	71	4	44½
23	6	GM	Bologan Viktor	2687	MDA	7½	58	70½	5	46
24	62	GM	Kurnosov Igor	2602	RUS	7½	57½	70½	5	47½
25	52	GM	Lupulescu Constantin	2608	ROU	7½	57½	69	4	46
26	51	GM	Papaioannou Ioannis	2609	GRE	7½	56½	69	5	47½
27	54	GM	Mikhalevski Victor	2608	ISR	7½	56	69	6	46
28	10	GM	Motylev Alexander	2676	RUS	7½	56	68½	5	42
29	46	GM	Pashikian Arman	2621	ARM	7½	55	67	5	42½
30	11	GM	Nisipeanu Liviu-Dieter	2675	ROU	7½	53½	66	5	42
31	44	GM	Petrosian Tigran L	2623	ARM	7½	52½	63½	6	42½
32	66	GM	Svetushkin Dmitry	2593	MDA	7½	51½	62½	5	39
33	49	GM	Sakaev Konstantin	2619	RUS	7½	51	63	4	43½
34	22	GM	Savchenko Boris	2654	RUS	7½	50	61	7	37½
35	9	GM	Cheparinov Ivan	2679	BUL	7	62½	76	5	46½
36	71	GM	Hillarp Persson Tiger	2586	SWE	7	61	74	4	46½
37	2	GM	Akopian Vladimir	2700	ARM	7	59	72	4	43½
38	16	GM	Fressinet Laurent	2666	FRA	7	57½	70	4	43
39	115	GM	Lopez Martinez Josep Manuel	2540	ESP	7	56½	68½	5	40½
40	70	GM	Zhigalko Sergei	2587	BLR	7	56	68½	5	42½
41	23	GM	Postny Evgeny	2652	ISR	7	55½	66½	5	40½
42	35	GM	Georgiev Kiril	2634	BUL	7	55	68½	4	44½
43	89	GM	Perunovic Milos	2568	SRB	7	54½	66½	5	42
44	59	GM	Kotronias Vasilios	2603	GRE	7	54	67	6	42
45	63	GM	Azarov Sergei	2599	BLR	7	54	66½	4	44
46	39	GM	Ivanisevic Ivan	2628	SRB	7	54	66	5	40
47	45	GM	Khalifman Alexander	2622	RUS	7	53	64½	3	41
48	47	GM	Lysyj Igor	2620	RUS	7	52	64½	5	43½
49	28	GM	Beliavsky Alexander G	2646	SLO	7	51	62	4	38½
50	14	GM	Volokitin Andrei	2671	UKR	6½	63	76	5	49
306 players

10th ch-EUR Budva (MNE), 6-19 iii 2009 Playoffs for Qualification
			g15m+10s		g5m+2s		g5/4m	Sc
19	GM	Areshchenko Alexander	0	0				0
34	GM	Savchenko Boris	1	1				2
			g15m+10s		g5m+2s		g5/4m	Sc
33	GM	Sakaev Konstantin	1	0	1	1		3
20	GM	Stevic Hrvoje	0	1	0	0		1
			g15m+10s		g5m+2s		g5/4m	Sc
21	GM	Vitiugov Nikita	1	½				1½
32	GM	Svetushkin Dmitry	0	½				½
			g15m+10s		g5m+2s		g5/4m	Sc
31	GM	Petrosian Tigran L	½	1				1½
22	GM	Dreev Alexey	½	0				½
			g15m+10s		g5m+2s		g5/4m	Sc
24	GM	Kurnosov Igor	½	0				½
30	GM	Nisipeanu Liviu-Dieter	½	1				1½
			g15m+10s		g5m+2s		g5/4m	Sc
29	GM	Pashikian Arman	0	0				0
25	GM	Lupulescu Constantin	1	1				2
			g15m+10s		g5m+2s		g5/4m	Sc
27	GM	Mikhalevski Victor	0	0				0
28	GM	Motylev Alexander	1	1				2

10th ch-EUR Budva (MNE), 6-19 iii 2009 Playoffs for Medals
March 18th, 2009 - 1st Round - start at 09.30
				g15m+10s		g5/4m	Sc
A	11	GM	Nyback Tomi	0	½		½
	6	GM	Malakhov Vladimir	1	½		1½
				g15m+10s		g5/4m	Sc
B	7	GM	Grachev Boris	0	1	0	1
	10	GM	Guseinov Gadir	1	0	1	2
				g15m+10s		g5/4m	Sc
C	9	GM	Kobalia Mikhail	1	0	0	1
	8	GM	Jobava Baadur	0	1	1	2
March 18th, 2009 - 2nd Round - start at 11.45
				g15m+10s		g5/4m	Sc
D	8	GM	Jobava Baadur	1	1		2
	1	GM	Sokolov Ivan	0	0		0
				g15m+10s		g5/4m	Sc
E	2	GM	Inarkiev Ernesto	½	½	1	2
	10	GM	Guseinov Gadir	½	½	0	1
				g15m+10s		g5/4m	Sc
F	6	GM	Malakhov Vladimir	½	½	½	1½
	3	GM	Naiditsch Arkadij	½	½	½	1½
				g15m+10s		g5/4m	Sc
G	4	GM	Tomashevsky Evgeny	½	1		1½
	5	GM	Navara David	½	0		½
March 18th, 2009 - 3rd Round - start at 14.30
				g15m+10s		g5/4m	Sc
H	8	GM	Jobava Baadur	1	0	0	1
	4	GM	Tomashevsky Evgeny	0	1	1	2
				g15m+10s		g5/4m	Sc
I	6	GM	Malakhov Vladimir	1	½		1½
	2	GM	Inarkiev Ernesto	0	½		½
March 18th, 2009 - 4th Round - start at 16.40
Final				g15m+10s		g5/4m	Sc
	6	GM	Malakhov Vladimir	0	1	0	1
	4	GM	Tomashevsky Evgeny	1	0	1	2
3rd place				g15m+10s		g5/4m	Sc
	8	GM	Jobava Baadur	1	½		1½
	2	GM	Inarkiev Ernesto	0	½		½

4) FIDE Women's Grand Prix Istanbul

The FIDE Women's Grand Prix took place in Istanbul 5th-20th March 2009. There was a three way tie on 7.5/10 going into the final round but only Humpy Koneru won, beating Marie Sebag with black and thus she took clear first place. Hou Yifan couldn't overcome fellow countrywoman, Shen Yang. Elina Danielian even defeated Zhao Xue in that top group to overtake her.

Official site: http://istanbul2009.fide.com/

FIDE Women's Grand Prix Instanbul (TUR), 7-19 iii 2009													cat. X (2481)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2
1.	Koneru, Humpy	g	IND	2621	*	1	0	½	1	1	1	1	1	1	½	½	8½	2679
2.	Danielian, Elina	m	ARM	2496	0	*	½	1	1	1	½	1	1	½	½	1	8	2654
3.	Hou Yifan	wg	CHN	2571	1	½	*	0	½	1	1	1	½	1	½	1	8	2647
4.	Zhao Xue	g	CHN	2508	½	0	1	*	0	1	1	½	½	1	1	1	7½	2611
5.	Sebag, Marie	g	FRA	2529	0	0	½	1	*	1	½	0	½	1	½	1	6	2512
6.	Fierro Baquero, Martha L	m	ECU	2403	0	0	0	0	0	*	1	½	1	1	1	1	5½	2488
7.	Cramling, Pia	g	SWE	2548	0	½	0	0	½	0	*	1	1	½	1	1	5½	2475
8.	Stefanova, Antoaneta	g	BUL	2557	0	0	0	½	1	½	0	*	½	1	½	1	5	2438
9.	Chiburdanidze, Maia	g	GEO	2516	0	0	½	½	½	0	0	½	*	1	1	1	5	2441
10.	Mamedjarova, Zeinab	wg	AZE	2362	0	½	0	0	0	0	½	0	0	*	1	½	2½	2280
11.	Shen Yang	wg	CHN	2448	½	½	½	0	½	0	0	½	0	0	*	0	2½	2273
12.	Yildiz, Betul Cemre	wm	TUR	2214	½	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	½	1	*	2	2243

5) 10th European Individual Women's Championship

The 10th European Individual Women's Chess Championship took place March 7th - 21st 2009 in St. Petersburg, Russia. Anna Muzychuk (2540) was the top seed.

European Champion: Tatiana Kosintseva. Silver medal: Lilit Mkrtchian. Bronze medal: Natalia Pogonina. Games from the final round and playoffs to follow.

Official site: http://www.wiecc2009.com/

On the spot photo and video reports: http://www.europe-echecs.com/actualites/actualites-chp.-d-europe-individuel-feminin-1763.html

10th EICC w St Petersburg (RUS), 8-19 iii 2009 Final Standings after playoffs:
Rank	Pno	Title	Name	Elo	Fed	Score	TPR	Rc	W	W-We	MBuch	Buch	Wins	PS
I	5	IM	Kosintseva, Tatiana	2497	RUS	8,5	2551	2340	8,5	0,76	60,0	73,0	7	46,5
II	11	IM	Mkrtchian, Lilit	2460	ARM	8,5	2598	2387	8,5	1,94	64,5	78,0	7	53,0
III	9	WGM	Pogonina, Natalija	2467	RUS	8	2540	2365	8	1,07	60,5	73,5	5	49,5
4	15	GM	Socko, Monika	2449	POL	8	2565	2390	8	1,64	66,5	81,0	6	53,0
5	24	WGM	Shadrina, Tatiana	2416	RUS	8	2552	2377	8	1,97	63,0	76,0	7	49,5
6	17	IM	Lomineishvili, Maia	2437	GEO	8	2520	2345	8	1,14	61,0	74,0	5	49,5
7	16	IM	Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina	2442	RUS	8	2550	2375	8	1,52	60,5	74,0	6	52,0
8	27	IM	Rajlich, Iweta	2399	POL	8	2552	2377	8	2,2	59,5	73,0	5	50,5
9	18	IM	Ovod, Evgenija	2430	RUS	8	2504	2329	8	1,02	56,0	68,5	8	48,0
10	8	GM	Hoang Thanh Trang	2483	HUN	7,5	2526	2393	7,5	0,68	63,5	76,5	5	53,5
11	13	WGM	Romanko, Marina	2451	RUS	7,5	2482	2349	7,5	0,51	61,5	75,5	7	47,5
12	28	WGM	Kovanova, Baira	2386	RUS	7,5	2490	2357	7,5	1,66	59,5	72,0	5	48,0
13	32	IM	Turova, Irina	2379	RUS	7,5	2485	2352	7,5	1,61	57,5	71,0	5	45,5
14	12	IM	Paehtz, Elisabeth	2455	GER	7,5	2457	2324	7,5	0,09	57,0	70,0	5	45,0
15	29	WGM	Zawadzka, Jolanta	2385	POL	7,5	2490	2357	7,5	1,66	56,5	69,0	6	46,5
16	23	IM	Khukhashvili, Sopiko	2416	GEO	7,5	2485	2352	7,5	1,06	56,5	69,0	5	46,5
17	1	IM	Muzychuk, Anna	2540	SLO	7,5	2463	2330	7,5	-0,88	55,5	68,0	5	43,5
18	19	IM	Muzychuk, Mariya	2427	UKR	7,5	2450	2317	7,5	0,37	53,0	65,5	5	43,5
19	46	IM	Vasilevich, Irina	2340	RUS	7,5	2414	2281	7,5	1,17	51,5	65,0	7	40,5
20	25	IM	Foisor, Cristina-Adela	2412	ROU	7	2478	2376	7	1,05	64,0	77,5	4	50,0
21	21	IM	Melia, Salome	2422	GEO	7	2474	2372	7	0,77	63,0	75,5	5	51,0
22	2	GM	Dzagnidze, Nana	2518	GEO	7	2479	2377	7	-0,54	61,5	75,0	6	46,5
23	30	WFM	Bodnaruk, Anastasia	2384	RUS	7	2473	2371	7	1,31	60,0	73,5	6	47,0
24	22	IM	Khurtsidze, Nino	2421	GEO	7	2469	2367	7	0,72	59,0	72,0	5	46,5
25	3	IM	Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan	2500	SCO	7	2445	2343	7	-0,76	58,5	71,0	5	44,5
26	57	WFM	Girya, Olga	2315	RUS	7	2441	2339	7	1,89	57,5	70,0	6	41,5
27	42	IM	Dworakowska, Joanna	2352	POL	7	2423	2321	7	1,08	57,0	69,0	6	43,5
28	48	WGM	Grabuzova, Tatiana	2332	RUS	7	2438	2336	7	1,6	56,5	68,5	6	44,5
29	43	WIM	Majdan, Joanna	2351	POL	7	2420	2318	7	1,03	55,0	68,0	5	43,0
30	56	WIM	Paulet, Iozefina	2315	ROU	7	2395	2293	7	1,19	55,0	67,5	6	40,5
31	61	WIM	Chasovnikova, Eugenia	2302	RUS	7	2383	2281	7	1,23	54,5	67,0	6	38,0
32	14	IM	Gaponenko, Inna	2450	UKR	7	2404	2302	7	-0,66	54,5	66,5	5	42,0
33	10	GM	Peng, Zhaoqin	2461	NED	7	2352	2250	7	-1,41	51,0	62,5	6	36,5
34	6	WGM	Zhukova, Natalia	2490	UKR	7	2357	2255	7	-1,7	50,0	60,5	3	37,5
35	7	GM	Lahno, Kateryna	2488	UKR	6,5	2416	2351	6,5	-1	63,0	76,5	4	46,5
36	4	IM	Ushenina, Anna	2499	UKR	6,5	2410	2345	6,5	-1,24	58,5	71,0	3	44,5
37	40	WGM	Demina, Julia	2361	RUS	6,5	2394	2329	6,5	0,63	58,0	70,0	6	45,0
38	53	WIM	Charochkina, Daria	2316	RUS	6,5	2374	2309	6,5	0,91	56,0	69,0	5	40,5
39	51	WIM	Solovjova, Valentina	2324	RUS	6,5	2361	2296	6,5	0,62	54,0	67,0	6	41,5
40	69	WGM	Botsari, Anna-Maria	2289	GRE	6,5	2319	2254	6,5	0,63	54,0	65,5	6	38,5
41	100		Lelekova, Olga	2222	RUS	6,5	2339	2274	6,5	1,76	51,5	62,5	6	34,5
42	26	IM	Peptan, Corina-Isabela	2401	ROU	6,5	2316	2251	6,5	-1,18	51,0	62,5	4	36,5
43	95	WIM	Tsatsalashvili, Keti	2231	GEO	6,5	2352	2287	6,5	1,82	50,5	62,0	5	33,0
44	34	IM	Gvetadze, Sopio	2377	GEO	6,5	2326	2261	6,5	-0,61	50,5	61,0	6	39,0
45	55	WGM	Kochetkova, Julia	2315	RUS	6,5	2282	2217	6,5	-0,32	50,0	61,0	6	37,5
46	86	WIM	Fakhiridou, Ekaterini	2256	GRE	6,5	2220	2155	6,5	-0,29	48,5	59,5	5	35,0
47	83	WIM	Andriasian, Siranush	2262	ARM	6,5	2260	2195	6,5	0,15	47,0	57,5	4	35,0
48	58	WGM	Nebolsina, Vera	2312	RUS	6	2353	2317	6	0,65	58,5	70,0	6	42,0
49	71	WIM	Guramishvili, Sopiko	2281	GEO	6	2364	2328	6	1,27	58,0	69,5	3	39,5
50	63	WFM	Tomilova, Elena	2300	RUS	6	2345	2309	6	0,72	57,5	69,5	4	40,5
168 players

6) 4NCL

The 4NCL takes place 4th October 2008 - 4th May 2009. Rounds 7-8 took place 21st-22nd March 2009 in the Barcelo Hotel, Hinckley Island. Games and tables to follow next week.

Official site: http://www.4ncl.co.uk - Live coverage: http://www.bcfservices.org.uk/livechess/4ncl/0809/index.htm

4NCL Hinckley Island ENG 4 x 2008 - 4 v 2009
Group 1A
RD 7		GUILDFORD-A&DC 2	2411	5½-2½	SOUTH WALES DRAGONS 1	2218
1	w	Plaskett, James	2491	½-½	Cobb, James E	2440
2	b	Shaw, John K	2464	0-1	Cooper, John G	2362
3	w	Tissir, Mohamed	2466	1-0	Dineley, Richard D P	2275
4	b	Cherniaev, Alexander	2438	½-½	Morris, Charles F	2189
5	w	Berzinsh, Roland	2420	½-½	Zeidler, Sven P	2231
6	b	Buckley, Graeme	2399	1-0	Smith, Jeffrey R	2209
7	w	Povah, Nigel E	2324	1-0	James, David J	2123
8	b	Sandu, Mihaela (F)	2285	1-0	Wilson, Julie (F)	1916
RD 7		WHITE ROSE 1	2278	2 - 6	BARBICAN 4NCL 1	2382
1	w	Wells, Peter K	2513	0-1	Turner, Matthew J	2512
2	b	McNab, Colin	2473	½-½	D'Costa, Lorin A R	2445
3	w	Gourlay, Iain	2362	½-½	Collinson, Adam	2389
4	b	Palliser, Richard	2406	0-1	Devereaux, Maxim	2437
5	w	Adams, David M	2191	0-1	Ferguson, Mark	2404
6	b	Barrett, Steve J	2234	½-½	Knott, Simon	2349
7	w	Gayson, Peter M	2258	½-½	Cox, John J	2364
8	b	Hollingworth, Evie (F)	1790	0-1	Lauterbach, Ingrid (F)	2154
RD 7		WOOD GREEN HILSMARK KINGFISHER 1	2392	6½-1½	SAMBUCA SHARKS	2008
1	w	Gordon, Stephen J	2524	1-0	Purton, Ben J	2103
2	b	Greet, Andrew N	2446	1-0	Makepeace, Philip J	2032
3	w	Houska, Jovanka (F)	2392	½-½	Varnam, Liam D	2109
4	b	McDonald, Neil	2401	1-0	Kafka, Graeme *	2104
5	w	Pein, Malcolm	2391	1-0	Armstrong, Malcolm	2060
6	b	Tiller, Bjorn	2370	½-½	Russell, Chris	2076
7	w	Broomfield, Matthew	2340	1-0	Willis, Rupert	1990
8	b	Lee, Graham D	2269	½-½	Sainbayar, Anuurai (F)	1590
RD 7		CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY 1	2289	5 - 3	RICHMOND	2255
1	w	Mah, Karl C C	2404	1-0	Bates, Richard A	2392
2	b	Pinter, Gabor	2355	0-1	Wall, Gavin	2302
3	w	Dearing, Eddie	2394	½-½	Bisby, Daniel L	2304
4	b	Moskovic, David M	2307	1-0	Osborne, Marcus E	2192
5	w	Gara, Anita (F) *	2318	1-0	Muter, Donny	2207
6	b	Quist, Sven Roy	2136	½-½	Franklin, Michael J	2226
7	w	Pickard, Charles	2207	0-1	Meyer, Gordon	2160
8	b	Churm, Rohan M	2192	1-0	default
Group 1B
RD 7		BETSSON.COM	2313	5½-2½	BRISTOL 1	2191
1	w	Hunt, Adam C	2431	0-1	Cobb, Charles	2397
2	b	Ledger, Andrew J	2431	1-0	Rudd, Jack	2334
3	w	Ansell, Simon	2405	1-0	Buckley, David E	2245
4	b	Webb, Laurence E	2348	½-½	Sherwin, James T *	2232
5	w	Eames, Robert G	2335	1-0	Beaumont, Chris	2308
6	b	Ledger, David J	2265	1-0	Dilleigh, Stephen P	2151
7	w	Nelson, Jonathan	2252	0-1	Collier, David O	2083
8	b	Yurenok, Maria S (F)	2035	1-0	Yap, Xiu-Huan (F) *	1776
RD 7		PRIDE AND PREJUDICE	2298	2½-5½	GUILDFORD-A&DC 1	2513
1	w	Hunt, Harriet (F)	2463	0-1	Howell, David W L	2622
2	b	Emms, John M	2488	0-1	Rowson, Jonathan	2585
3	w	Ward, Chris G	2426	½-½	Pert, Nicholas	2536
4	b	Pokorna, Regina (F)	2384	½-½	Pert, Richard G	2456
5	w	Allicock, Rawle A	2300	0-1	Conquest, Stuart C	2531
6	b	Kilpatrick, Callum	2211	½-½	Hebden, Mark L	2522
7	w	Winkelmann, Elena (F)	2101	1-0	King, Daniel J	2512
8	b	Auckland, Elliott	2014	0-1	Lalic, Susan (F)	2340
RD 7		WOOD GREEN HILSMARK KINGFISHER 2	2213	4½-3½	BARBICAN 4NCL 2	2266
1	w	Sowray, Peter J	2303	1-0	Berry, Neil	2317
2	b	Briscoe, Christopher	2268	½-½	Piper, Matthew S	2287
3	w	Farrand, Tom	2266	0-1	Rogers, Jonathan W	2330
4	b	Lindner, Daniel	2243	½-½	Dorrington, Christopher	2265
5	w	McFarland, Robert S	2218	½-½	Bigg, Andrew J	2285
6	b	Fowler, Simon	2210	1-0	Taylor, Peter	2252
7	w	Hasman, Cengiz	2111	0-1	Coleman, David	2208
8	b	Hegarty, Sarah (F)	2088	1-0	Regan, Natasha (F)	2186
RD 7		NORTH WEST EAGLES	2228	4 - 4	THE GAMBIT ADS	2323
1	w	Morrison, Graham	2342	½-½	Speelman, Jonathan S	2536
2	b	Lyell, Mark	2287	0-1	Davies, Nigel R	2483
3	w	Hague, Ben	2282	1-0	Taulbut, Shaun M	2400
4	b	Coates, Kenneth G	2234	0-1	Richardson, John R	2312
5	w	Hulmes, David I	2219	1-0	Snape, Ian	2210
6	b	Redmond, John	2207	0-1	Wheeler, Darren P	2231
7	w	Grigoryan-Lyell, Meri (F)	2092	½-½	Anderton, David	2225
8	b	Jaunooby, Ali	2162	1-0	Bellin, Jana (F)	2184
Championship Pool
RD 8		WOOD GREEN HILSMARK KINGFISHER 1	2395	7 - 1	WOOD GREEN HILSMARK KINGFISHER 2	2214
1	w	Greet, Andrew N	2446	1-0	Sowray, Peter J	2303
2	b	Gordon, Stephen J	2524	1-0	Briscoe, Christopher	2268
3	w	McDonald, Neil	2401	1-0	Lee, Graham D	2269
4	b	Houska, Jovanka (F)	2392	½-½	Lindner, Daniel	2243
5	w	Tiller, Bjorn	2370	1-0	McFarland, Robert S	2218
6	b	Martin, Andrew D	2421	1-0	Fowler, Simon	2210
7	w	Farrand, Tom	2266	1-0	Hasman, Cengiz	2111
8	b	Broomfield, Matthew	2340	½-½	Hegarty, Sarah (F)	2088
RD 8		WHITE ROSE 1	2279	4 - 4	PRIDE AND PREJUDICE	2298
1	w	McNab, Colin	2473	½-½	Ward, Chris G	2426
2	b	Wells, Peter K	2513	½-½	Emms, John M	2488
3	w	Palliser, Richard	2406	1-0	Hunt, Harriet (F)	2463
4	b	Gourlay, Iain	2362	0-1	Pokorna, Regina (F)	2384
5	w	Barrett, Steve J	2234	1-0	Allicock, Rawle A	2300
6	b	Gayson, Peter M	2258	0-1	Kilpatrick, Callum	2211
7	w	Townsend, Paul	2197	½-½	Winkelmann, Elena (F)	2101
8	b	Hollingworth, Evie (F)	1790	½-½	Auckland, Elliott	2014
RD 8		BARBICAN 4NCL 1	2373	5 - 3	THE GAMBIT ADS	2323
1	w	Turner, Matthew J	2512	½-½	Speelman, Jonathan S	2536
2	b	D'Costa, Lorin A R	2445	0-1	Davies, Nigel R	2483
3	w	Ferguson, Mark	2404	1-0	Taulbut, Shaun M	2400
4	b	Devereaux, Maxim	2437	1-0	Richardson, John R	2312
5	w	Cox, John J	2364	½-½	Snape, Ian	2210
6	b	Knott, Simon	2349	½-½	Wheeler, Darren P	2231
7	w	Berry, Neil	2317	½-½	Anderton, David	2225
8	b	Lauterbach, Ingrid (F)	2154	1-0	Bellin, Jana (F)	2184
RD 8		GUILDFORD-A&DC 2	2411	5 - 3	GUILDFORD-A&DC 1	2513
1	w	Plaskett, James	2491	½-½	Rowson, Jonathan	2585
2	b	Tissir, Mohamed	2466	1-0	Howell, David W L	2622
3	w	Cherniaev, Alexander	2438	½-½	Pert, Richard G	2456
4	b	Berzinsh, Roland	2420	½-½	Pert, Nicholas	2536
5	w	Shaw, John K	2464	1-0	Hebden, Mark L	2522
6	b	Buckley, Graeme	2399	½-½	Conquest, Stuart C	2531
7	w	Povah, Nigel E	2324	½-½	King, Daniel J	2512
8	b	Sandu, Mihaela (F)	2285	½-½	Lalic, Susan (F)	2340
Demotion Pool
RD 8		NORTH WEST EAGLES	2228	7½-½	SOUTH WALES DRAGONS 1	2218
1	w	Lyell, Mark	2287	1-0	Cobb, James E	2440
2	b	Morrison, Graham	2342	1-0	Cooper, John G	2362
3	w	Coates, Kenneth G	2234	½-½	Dineley, Richard D P	2275
4	b	Hague, Ben	2282	1-0	Morris, Charles F	2189
5	w	Redmond, John	2207	1-0	Zeidler, Sven P	2231
6	b	Hulmes, David I	2219	1-0	Smith, Jeffrey R	2209
7	w	Jaunooby, Ali	2162	1-0	James, David J	2123
8	b	Grigoryan-Lyell, Meri (F)	2092	1-0	Wilson, Julie (F)	1916
RD 8		BRISTOL 1	2191	2 - 6	CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY 1	2289
1	w	Rudd, Jack	2334	0-1	Pinter, Gabor	2355
2	b	Cobb, Charles	2397	0-1	Dearing, Eddie	2394
3	w	Beaumont, Chris	2308	½-½	Mah, Karl C C	2404
4	b	Sherwin, James T *	2232	½-½	Moskovic, David M	2307
5	w	Buckley, David E	2245	0-1	Gara, Anita (F) *	2318
6	b	Dilleigh, Stephen P	2151	½-½	Quist, Sven Roy	2136
7	w	Collier, David O	2083	½-½	Churm, Rohan M	2192
8	b	Yap, Xiu-Huan (F) **	1776	0-1	Pickard, Charles	2207
RD 8		BARBICAN 4NCL 2	2234	5½-2½	RICHMOND	2255
1	w	Rogers, Jonathan W	2330	0-1	Bates, Richard A	2392
2	b	Piper, Matthew S	2287	1-0	Bisby, Daniel L	2304
3	w	Bigg, Andrew J	2285	1-0	Wall, Gavin	2302
4	b	Dorrington, Christopher	2265	½-½	Muter, Donny	2207
5	w	Ynojosa, Felix J	2174	½-½	Osborne, Marcus E	2192
6	b	Taylor, Peter	2252	½-½	Meyer, Gordon	2160
7	w	Coleman, David	2208	1-0	Franklin, Michael J	2226
8	b	Bhatia, Kanwal K (F)	2067	1-0	default
RD 8		BETSSON.COM	2288	5½-2½	SAMBUCA SHARKS	2008
1	w	Hunt, Adam C	2431	1-0	Armstrong, Malcolm	2060
2	b	Ansell, Simon	2405	0-1	Varnam, Liam D	2109
3	w	Ledger, Andrew J	2431	1-0	Kafka, Graeme *	2104
4	b	Eames, Robert G	2335	1-0	Makepeace, Philip J	2032
5	w	Ledger, David J	2265	0-1	Purton, Ben J	2103
6	b	Nelson, Jonathan	2252	1-0	Russell, Chris	2076
7	w	Ledger, Stephen C	2150	½-½	Willis, Rupert	1990
8	b	Yurenok, Maria S (F)	2035	1-0	Sainbayar, Anuurai (F)	1590

7) French League Top 16

The French Team Championship (TOP 16) took place in 4 towns (Clichy, Cannes, Metz, Mulhouse) 20th-22nd March 2009. The next rounds take place 30th April - 3rd May 2009.

Official site: http://www.echecs.asso.fr/Equipes.aspx

French Team Championships TOP 16
Gp A
Round 1. 20th March 2009
Venue: Clichy
Clichy			3 - 0	Marseille Echecs
g	JAKOVENKO Dmitry	2760	½-½	g	BACROT Etienne	2722
g	TREGUBOV Pavel V.	2647	½-½	g	DELCHEV Aleksander	2647
g	NAIDITSCH Arkadij	2693	1-0	g	NATAF Igor-Alexandre	2533
g	MAZE Sebastien	2579	½-½	g	MITON Kamil	2595
g	FRESSINET Laurent	2666	½-½	g	DEGRAEVE Jean-Marc	2553
g	PELLETIER Yannick	2560	1-0	m	MARZOLO Cyril	2484
m	EDOUARD Romain	2562	½-½	m	GOZZOLI Yannick	2503
m	SKRIPCHENKO Almira	2454	1-0		DELORME Laurie	2171
Lutece Echecs			3 - 4	Noyon
g	DAVID Alberto	2602	1-0	g	MAGEM BADALS Jordi	2522
m	SHIRAZI Kamran	2410	0-1	g	MARCELIN Cyril	2495
f	SAN EMETERIO CABANES Jose L.	2392	½-½	m	HOUSIEAUX David	2419
f	BABAULT Patrice	2348	1-0	m	ADLA Diego	2508
	CARPENTIER Pierre	2236	1-0	f	CLERY Nicolas	2373
f	LAMORELLE Yves	2217	0-1	m	NGUYEN Chi-Minh	2429
	WUNDERMAN Xavier	2183	0-1	m	AGUETTAZ Maxime	2396
ff	DACALOR Aurelie	2041	0-1	ff	ASSAD Karine	2038
Venue: Mulhouse
Evry Grand Roque			6 - 0	Bois-Colombes
g	VACHIER-LAGRAVE Maxime	2696	1-0	m	LANDENBERGUE Claude	2410
g	FEDORCHUK Sergey A.	2633	1-0	g	KOZAKOV Mikhail	2457
g	CHUCHELOV Vladimir	2575	1-0	m	VUILLEUMIER Alexandre	2305
g	HAUCHARD Arnaud	2497	1-0	m	CHOMET Pascal	2348
g	FELLER Sebastien	2525	1-0	f	LE ROY Brice	2307
g	RELANGE Eloi	2482	½-½	mf	GUICHARD Pauline	2268
g	CHABANON Jean-Luc	2454	½-½		DERIEUX Christian	2156
gf	MILLIET Sophie	2364	1-0		STENEL Vincent	2103
Mulhouse Philidor			4 - 0	Drancy
g	DREEV Alexey	2688	½-½	g	KOMAROV Dimitri	2530
g	BOLOGAN Viktor	2687	1-0	g	LAZAREV Vladimir	2479
g	ABERGEL Thal	2509	1-0	g	LEGKY Nikolay A	2468
m	RIFF Jean-Noel	2520	½-½	g	TODOROV Todor	2507
g	SOKOLOV Andrei	2552	1-0	m	KARR Jean-Philippe	2388
m	WIRIG Anthony	2464	½-½	f	BERTHELOT Yannick	2323
f	FARGERE Francois	2444	1-0	m	GIFFARD Nicolas	2370
mf	MULLER Anne	2120	½-½		LEFEVRE Margaux	2007
Round 2. 21st March 2009
Venue: Clichy
Marseille Echecs			1 - 2	Noyon
g	BACROT Etienne	2722	½-½	m	NGUYEN Chi-Minh	2429
g	DEGRAEVE Jean-Marc	2553	½-½	m	HOUSIEAUX David	2419
g	MITON Kamil	2595	1-0	g	MARCELIN Cyril	2495
g	DELCHEV Aleksander	2647	½-½	g	MAGEM BADALS Jordi	2522
m	GOZZOLI Yannick	2503	0-1	m	ADLA Diego	2508
m	MARZOLO Cyril	2484	½-½	m	AGUETTAZ Maxime	2396
g	NATAF Igor-Alexandre	2533	½-½	f	CLERY Nicolas	2373
	DELORME Laurie	2171	0-1	ff	ASSAD Karine	2038
Clichy			6 - 0	Lutece Echecs
g	NAIDITSCH Arkadij	2693	1-0	f	SAN EMETERIO CABANES Jose L.	2392
g	JAKOVENKO Dmitry	2760	1-0	m	SHIRAZI Kamran	2410
g	MAZE Sebastien	2579	1-0		CARPENTIER Pierre	2236
g	FRESSINET Laurent	2666	1-0	f	LAMORELLE Yves	2217
g	PELLETIER Yannick	2560	1-0		WUNDERMAN Xavier	2183
g	TREGUBOV Pavel V.	2647	½-½		LAMORELLE Julien	2170
m	SKRIPCHENKO Almira	2454	1-0		MALEKI Nicolas	2173
f	LAGARDE Maxime	2343	½-½	ff	DACALOR Aurelie	2041
Venue: Mulhouse
Bois-Colombes			1 - 5	Drancy
m	LANDENBERGUE Claude	2410	0-1	g	TODOROV Todor	2507
g	KOZAKOV Mikhail	2457	½-½	g	LAZAREV Vladimir	2479
f	LE ROY Brice	2307	½-½	g	LEGKY Nikolay A	2468
m	CHOMET Pascal	2348	0-1	g	KOMAROV Dimitri	2530
m	VUILLEUMIER Alexandre	2305	1-0	f	BERTHELOT Yannick	2323
mf	GUICHARD Pauline	2268	0-1	m	KARR Jean-Philippe	2388
	DERIEUX Christian	2156	0-1	m	GIFFARD Nicolas	2370
	STENEL Vincent	2103	0-1		LEFEVRE Margaux	2007
Evry Grand Roque			6 - 0	Mulhouse Philidor
g	SVIDLER Peter	2723	1-0	g	DREEV Alexey	2688
g	VACHIER-LAGRAVE	Maxime 2696	1-0	g	BOLOGAN Viktor	2687
g	FEDORCHUK Sergey A.	2633	1-0	g	SOKOLOV Andrei	2552
g	CHUCHELOV Vladimir	2575	½-½	m	WIRIG Anthony	2464
g	FELLER Sebastien	2525	1-0	m	RIFF Jean-Noel	2520
g	CHABANON Jean-Luc	2454	½-½	g	ABERGEL Thal	2509
g	HAUCHARD Arnaud	2497	1-0	f	FARGERE Francois	2444
gf	MILLIET Sophie	2364	1-0	mf	MULLER Anne	2120
Round 3. 22nd March 2009
Venue: Clichy
Lutece Echecs			1 - 6	Marseille Echecs
f	SAN EMETERIO CABANES Jose L.	2392	0-1	g	BACROT Etienne	2722
m	SHIRAZI Kamran	2410	0-1	g	DEGRAEVE Jean-Marc	2553
	CARPENTIER Pierre	2236	0-1	g	MITON Kamil	2595
f	LAMORELLE Yves	2217	½-½	m	MARZOLO Cyril	2484
	WUNDERMAN Xavier	2183	0-1	m	GOZZOLI Yannick	2503
	LAMORELLE Julien	2170	0-1	g	NATAF Igor-Alexandre	2533
	MALEKI Nicolas	2173	1-0		DENOYELLE Arnaud	2215
ff	DACALOR Aurelie	2041	0-1		DELORME Laurie	2171
Noyon			2 - 3	Clichy
m	ADLA Diego	2508	0-1	g	FRESSINET Laurent	2666
g	MAGEM BADALS Jordi	2522	0-1	g	JAKOVENKO Dmitry	2760
g	MARCELIN Cyril	2495	½-½	g	NAIDITSCH Arkadij	2693
m	AGUETTAZ Maxime	2396	0-1	g	TREGUBOV Pavel V.	2647
f	CLERY Nicolas	2373	1-0	m	EDOUARD Romain	2562
m	HOUSIEAUX David	2419	½-½	g	PELLETIER Yannick	2560
m	NGUYEN Chi-Minh	2429	1-0	g	MAZE Sebastien	2579
ff	ASSAD Karine	2038	½-½	m	SKRIPCHENKO Almira	2454
Venue: Mulhouse
Mulhouse Philidor			2 - 1	Bois-Colombes
g	DREEV Alexey	2688	½-½	g	KOZAKOV Mikhail	2457
g	BOLOGAN Viktor	2687	1-0	f	LE ROY Brice	2307
g	SOKOLOV Andrei	2552	½-½	m	LANDENBERGUE Claude	2410
g	ABERGEL Thal	2509	½-½	mf	GUICHARD Pauline	2268
m	RIFF Jean-Noel	2520	½-½	m	CHOMET Pascal	2348
m	WIRIG Anthony	2464	½-½	m	VUILLEUMIER Alexandre	2305
f	FARGERE Francois	2444	1-0		DERIEUX Christian	2156
mf	MULLER Anne	2120	0-1		STENEL Vincent	2103
Drancy			1 - 4	Evry Grand Roque
g	KOMAROV Dimitri	2530	½-½	g	SVIDLER Peter	2723
g	TODOROV Todor	2507	½-½	g	VACHIER-LAGRAVE Maxime	2696
g	LEGKY Nikolay A	2468	0-1	g	FEDORCHUK Sergey A.	2633
g	LAZAREV Vladimir	2479	0-1	g	CHUCHELOV Vladimir	2575
f	BERTHELOT Yannick	2323	0-1	g	FELLER Sebastien	2525
m	KARR Jean-Philippe	2388	1-0	g	CHABANON Jean-Luc	2454
m	GIFFARD Nicolas	2370	½-½	g	RELANGE Eloi	2482
	LEFEVRE Margaux	2007	0-1	gf	MILLIET Sophie	2364
Gp B
Round 1. 20th March 2009
Venue: Metz
Vandoeuvre			3 - 0	Strasbourg
g	LANDA Konstantin	2626	1-0	g	VAISSER Anatoly	2513
g	GLEK Igor	2524	½-½	g	ROZENTALIS Eduardas	2590
g	BAUER Christian	2610	1-0	g	KALLAI Gabor	2462
m	BRUNNER Nicolas	2413	½-½	m	ROOS Daniel	2425
m	PHILIPPE Christophe	2458	½-½	m	VARGA Peter	2446
m	NEZAR Mustapha	2399	½-½	m	ROOS Louis	2350
f	GENZLING Alain	2309	1-0	f	REINHART Emmanuel	2329
mf	CONGIU Mathilde	2231	½-½	mf	NICOARA Malina	2163
Chalons en Champagne			4 - 3	Metz Fischer
g	NYBACK Tomi	2644	0-1	g	SVETUSHKIN Dmitry	2593
g	APICELLA Manuel	2517	0-1	g	POSTNY Evgeny	2652
g	KRASENKOW Michal	2620	½-½	g	RIAZANTSEV Alexander	2634
g	SEBAG Marie	2529	0-1	m	KOCH Jean-Rene	2453
g	CORNETTE Matthieu	2564	1-0	f	PUCHER Olivier	2338
m	COSSIN Sebastien	2471	1-0	f	NEIMAN Emmanuel	2358
g	BELKHODJA Slim	2469	1-0		HISLER Thomas	2238
f	GUILLEUX Fabien	2303	1-0		LECLAIR Marie	1987
Venue: Cannes
Cannes			1 - 2	Montpellier
g	SASIKIRAN Krishnan	2711	½-½	g	VAN WELY Loek	2625
g	TKACHIEV Vladislav	2657	0-1	g	HAMDOUCHI Hichem	2599
g	KAZHGALEYEV Murtas	2630	1-0	g	STELLWAGEN Daniel	2612
g	FONTAINE Robert	2546	½-½	g	KOSTEN Anthony C.	2514
g	PALAC Mladen	2553	½-½	g	PRIE Eric	2489
m	GOVCIYAN Pavel	2411	½-½	m	LIBISZEWSKI Fabien	2481
gf	LECONTE Maria	2334	½-½	g	FLEAR Glenn C	2478
m	LEVACIC Damir	2284	0-1	ff	BENMESBAH Natacha	2138
Antibes			5 - 2	Grasse
g	KHENKIN Igor	2644	1-0	m	DOBREV Nanko	2409
g	DAMLJANOVIC Branko	2587	1-0	m	ELIET Nicolas	2429
g	PARLIGRAS Mircea	2605	1-0	f	DI PAOLO Raffaele	2336
g	MIRALLES Gilles	2477	½-½	m	ANDONOV Bogomil	2316
	BIJAOUI Manuel	2404	1-0	m	KARIM Ismael	2407
	ACHER Mathieu	2381	0-1	m	SHOKER Samy	2399
	PEREZ Flavio	2276	1-0		FORESTIER Flavien	2165
	ALBALADEJO Sylviane	1210	0-1		FORESTIER Carole	2096
Round 2. 21st March 2009
Venue: Metz
Strasbourg			2 - 3	Metz Fischer
g	VAISSER Anatoly	2513	0-1	g	POSTNY Evgeny	2652
g	ROZENTALIS Eduardas	2590	½-½	g	RIAZANTSEV Alexander	2634
g	KALLAI Gabor	2462	0-1	g	SVETUSHKIN Dmitry	2593
m	VARGA Peter	2446	½-½	m	KOCH Jean-Rene	2453
m	ROOS Daniel	2425	1-0	f	TADDEI Benoit	2302
m	ROOS Louis	2350	½-½	f	NEIMAN Emmanuel	2358
m	ROOS Jean-Luc	2300	0-1	f	ELBILIA Jacques	2402
mf	NICOARA Malina	2163	1-0		LECLAIR Marie	1987
Vandoeuvre			4 - 3	Chalons en Champagne
g	BAUER Christian	2610	1-0	g	NYBACK Tomi	2644
g	GLEK Igor	2524	1-0	g	SEBAG Marie	2529
g	LANDA Konstantin	2626	1-0	g	APICELLA Manuel	2517
m	PHILIPPE Christophe	2458	0-1	g	KRASENKOW Michal	2620
m	BRUNNER Nicolas	2413	1-0	m	COSSIN Sebastien	2471
f	GENZLING Alain	2309	0-1	g	CORNETTE Matthieu	2564
m	NEZAR Mustapha	2399	½-½	g	BELKHODJA Slim	2469
mf	CONGIU Mathilde	2231	0-1	f	GUILLEUX Fabien	2303
Venue: Cannes
Montpellier			5 - 0	Grasse
g	VAN WELY Loek	2625	1-0	m	DOBREV Nanko	2409
g	HAMDOUCHI Hichem	2599	½-½	m	ELIET Nicolas	2429
g	STELLWAGEN Daniel	2612	1-0	f	DI PAOLO Raffaele	2336
g	KOSTEN Anthony C.	2514	½-½	m	ANDONOV Bogomil	2316
g	PRIE Eric	2489	1-0	m	SHOKER Samy	2399
m	LIBISZEWSKI Fabien	2481	½-½	m	KARIM Ismael 2407
g	FLEAR Glenn C	2478	1-0		HENNETEAU Jeremy	2106
ff	BENMESBAH Natacha	2138	1-0		FORESTIER Carole	2096
Cannes			3 - 0	Antibes
g	SASIKIRAN Krishnan	2711	½-½	g	PARLIGRAS Mircea	2605
g	KAZHGALEYEV Murtas	2630	1-0	g	DAMLJANOVIC Branko	2587
g	TKACHIEV Vladislav	2657	½-½	g	KHENKIN Igor	2644
g	PALAC Mladen	2553	½-½	g	MIRALLES Gilles	2477
g	FONTAINE Robert	2546	½-½		BIJAOUI Manuel	2404
gf	LECONTE Maria	2334	1-0		ACHER Mathieu	2381
m	GOVCIYAN Pavel	2411	1-0		PEREZ Flavio	2276
m	LEVACIC Damir	2284	½-½		COCHET Caroline	2052
Round 3. 22nd March 2009
Venue: Metz
Chalons en Champagne			2 - 2	Strasbourg
g	NYBACK Tomi	2644	½-½	g	VAISSER Anatoly	2513
g	KRASENKOW Michal	2620	1-0	g	ROZENTALIS Eduardas	2590
g	SEBAG Marie	2529	½-½	g	KALLAI Gabor	2462
g	CORNETTE Matthieu	2564	0-1	m	ROOS Daniel	2425
g	APICELLA Manuel	2517	½-½	m	VARGA Peter	2446
m	COSSIN Sebastien	2471	1-0	f	REINHART Emmanuel	2329
g	BELKHODJA Slim	2469	0-1	m	ROOS Louis	2350
f	GUILLEUX Fabien	2303	½-½	mf	NICOARA Malina	2163
Metz Fischer			4 - 3	Vandoeuvre
g	RIAZANTSEV Alexander	2634	½-½	g	LANDA Konstantin	2626
g	POSTNY Evgeny	2652	0-1	g	GLEK Igor	2524
g	SVETUSHKIN Dmitry	2593	1-0	g	BAUER Christian	2610
m	KOCH Jean-Rene	2453	1-0	m	BRUNNER Nicolas	2413
f	PUCHER Olivier	2338	1-0	m	PHILIPPE Christophe	2458
f	ELBILIA Jacques	2402	1-0	m	NEZAR Mustapha	2399
	PUCHER Sebastien	2267	0-1	f	GENZLING Alain	2309
	LECLAIR Marie	1987	0-1	ff	STEIL-ANTONI Fiona	2143
Venue: Cannes
Antibes			1 - 2	Montpellier
g	DAMLJANOVIC Branko	2587	½-½	g	VAN WELY Loek	2625
g	KHENKIN Igor	2644	0-1	g	STELLWAGEN Daniel	2612
g	PARLIGRAS Mircea	2605	½-½	g	HAMDOUCHI Hichem	2599
	ACHER Mathieu	2381	½-½	g	KOSTEN Anthony C.	2514
	BIJAOUI Manuel	2404	½-½	m	LIBISZEWSKI Fabien	2481
g	MIRALLES Gilles	2477	½-½	g	FLEAR Glenn C	2478
	PEREZ Flavio	2276	0-1	g	PRIE Eric	2489
	COCHET Caroline	2052	1-0	ff	BENMESBAH Natacha	2138
Grasse			0 - 8	Cannes
m	DOBREV Nanko	2409	0-1	g	SASIKIRAN Krishnan	2711
m	ELIET Nicolas	2429	0-1	g	KAZHGALEYEV Murtas	2630
f	DI PAOLO Raffaele	2336	0-1	g	TKACHIEV Vladislav	2657
m	ANDONOV Bogomil	2316	0-1	g	FONTAINE Robert	2546
m	SHOKER Samy	2399	0-1	g	PALAC Mladen	2553
m	KARIM Ismael	2407	0-1	m	GOVCIYAN Pavel	2411
	FORESTIER Flavien	2165	0-1	m	LEVACIC Damir	2284
	FORESTIER Carole	2096	0-1	gf	LECONTE Maria	2334

French Team Championships TOP 16
Gp A Round 3 Standings
Pl.	Equipe	Pts	j.	d.	p.	c.
1	Evry Grand Roque	9	3	15	16	1
2	Clichy	9	3	10	12	2
3	Noyon	7	3	1	8	7
4	Mulhouse Philidor	7	3	-1	6	7
5	Marseille Echecs	5	3	1	7	6
6	Drancy	5	3	-3	6	9
7	Bois-Colombes	3	3	-11	2	13
8	Lutèce Echecs	3	3	-12	4	16
Gp B Round 3 Standings
Pl.	Equipe	Pts	j.	d.	p.	c.
1	Montpellier	9	3	7	9	2
2	Cannes	7	3	10	12	2
3	Metz Fischer	7	3	1	10	9
4	Vandoeuvre	7	3	3	10	7
5	Chalons en Champagne	6	3	0	9	9
6	Antibes	5	3	-1	6	7
7	Strasbourg	4	3	-4	4	8
8	Grasse	3	3	-16	2	18

8) Austrian League

The Austrian League held its final in Ansfelden near Linz, 19th-22nd March 2009. Players included Movsesian, Nakamura, Sutovsky, Gelfand, Socko...

Boris Gelfand scored 7/8 but his team finished second behind Husek Wien.

Results so far: http://www.chess-results.com/tnr12353.aspx and Live broadcast http://www.chess.at/live

Official site: http://www.chess.at/

TCh-AUT 1st Bundesliga 2008-9 St. Veith, Graz, Ansfelden (AUT), 7 ii 2008 - 22 iii 2009
Rk.	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	TB1	TB2
1	Husek Wien	*	3	4	5½	2	3½	4½	4	4½	5	5½	5	46,5	28
2	SK Advisory Invest Baden	3	*	2½	2	3½	4½	4	3	5	5½	6	5½	44,5	23
3	Holz Dohr	2	3½	*	4½	3	3	3	2½	3	4	4	4	36,5	19
4	ASVO Pamhagen	½	4	1½	*	3½	3½	3	4	4	3	3	5	35,0	21
5	SK Kl.Ztg.MPÖ Maria Saal	4	2½	3	2½	*	3½	4	3	2	4	3½	3	35,0	18
6	Styria Graz	2½	1½	3	2½	2½	*	3	3	3½	3	4	4	32,5	13
7	Sparkasse Jenbach	1½	2	3	3	2	3	*	3½	3	3½	4	3½	32,0	16
8	SK Hohenems	2	3	3½	2	3	3	2½	*	3	2½	4	3½	32,0	13
9	ASVO Wulkaprodersdorf	1½	1	3	2	4	2½	3	3	*	2½	4	4½	31,0	12
10	SK Absam	1	½	2	3	2	3	2½	3½	3½	*	4	4	29,0	14
11	SK ASVO Raika St.Veit/Gl.	½	0	2	3	2½	2	2	2	2	2	*	4	22,0	4
12	Union Ansfelden	1	½	2	1	3	2	2½	2½	1½	2	2	*	20,0	1

9) Danish League

The Danish League took place 21st-22nd March 2009. Helsinge Guldmedaljer won the cup for the 9th time. IM Christian Kyndel Pedersen made a GM norm with 7/9. There are more games from the final round to come.

Official site: http://www.divisionsskak.dk/holdarkiv/div0809/

47th XtraCon TCh-DEN 2008-9 (DEN), 1 xi 2008 - 22 iii 2009
1	Helsinge Guldmedaljer	54	18
2	Aarhus/Skolerne 1 Solvmedaljer	44½	13
3	Jetsmark 1 Bronzemedaljer	43½	13
4	Bronshoj	38½	9
5	K41 1	37½	12
6	Nordkalotten	32½	7
7	Aalborg 1	31½	9
8	SK 1968 1	28	4
9	Naestved Nedrykning	26	3
10	Helsingor Nedrykning	24	2

10) First Saturday March

The First Saturday tournaments (GM, IM and FM) took place 7th-20th March in Budapest.

Gyula Pap celebrated his 18th birthday making a GM-norm for the first time in the March GM tournament. Against average of opponents 2452 he scored 6.5 of nine games with TPR 2618. All his opponents were title holders and included 3 GM-s.

There were no other norms done but 12 year old Rapport Richard (HUN) whose coach was GM Peter Lukacs was only one point shy of his second IM-norm. He first made a norm at Harkany (HUN) last November scoring 6.5/9 against a 2367 average rating of opponents.

Official site: http://www.firstsaturday.hu/

FSGM March Budapest (HUN), 7-17 iii 2009													cat. VIII (2448)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2
1.	Pap, Gyula	m	HUN	2468	*	1	½	1	½	½	1	½	½	½	1	7	2599
2.	Ilincic, Zlatko	g	SRB	2555	0	*	½	½	1	1	0	½	1	1	1	6½	2551
3.	Varga, Zoltan	g	HUN	2488	½	½	*	½	½	0	1	½	1	½	½	5½	2484
4.	Balog, Imre1	m	HUN	2431	0	½	½	*	0	1	1	½	½	1	½	5½	2490
5.	Nguyen Huynh Minh Huy	m	VIE	2465	½	0	½	1	*	1	0	½	½	½	1	5½	2486
6.	Agopov, Mikael	m	FIN	2433	½	0	1	0	0	*	1	1	½	½	1	5½	2489
7.	Galyas, Miklos	m	HUN	2456	0	1	0	0	1	0	*	½	1	1	1	5½	2487
8.	Kosic, Dragan	g	MNE	2521	½	½	½	½	½	0	½	*	½	½	0	4	2373
9.	Rapport, Richard	f	HUN	2371	½	0	0	½	½	½	0	½	*	½	1	4	2388
10.	Duong The Anh	m	VIE	2418	½	0	½	0	½	½	0	½	½	*	1	4	2383
11.	Kjartansson, Gudmundur	f	ISL	2365	0	0	½	½	0	0	0	1	0	0	*	2	2220

FSIMA March Budapest (HUN), 7-17 iii 2009												cat. I (2266)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1
1.	Berczes, Csaba	m	HUN	2383	*	½	½	½	½	½	½	1	1	1	1	7	2403
2.	Lengyel, Bela	m	HUN	2268	½	*	1	1	½	1	½	½	½	½	½	6½	2375
3.	Corke, Anya	wg	HKG	2260	½	0	*	½	½	1	1	0	1	1	½	6	2338
4.	Mihok, Oliver	f	HUN	2355	½	0	½	*	½	½	1	1	1	0	1	6	2329
5.	Vegh, Endre	m	HUN	2285	½	½	½	½	*	½	0	1	½	½	1	5½	2300
6.	Jones, Richard S	f	WLS	2318	½	0	0	½	½	*	0	1	1	1	1	5½	2296
7.	Sebestyen, Balazs	f	HUN	2283	½	½	0	0	1	1	*	0	0	1	1	5	2264
8.	Bach, Matthias	f	GER	2276	0	½	1	0	0	0	1	*	0	1	1	4½	2228
9.	Bacso, Gabor	f	HUN	2123	0	½	0	0	½	0	1	1	*	½	1	4½	2244
10.	Arsenault, Nicolas		CAN	2229	0	½	0	1	½	0	0	0	½	*	½	3	2120
11.	Tesik, Csaba		HUN	2145	0	½	½	0	0	0	0	0	0	½	*	1½	1982

FSIMB March Budapest (HUN), 7-16 iii 2009											cat. II (2278)
					1		2		3		4		5		6
1.	Szalanczy, Emil	m	HUN	2336	*	*	½	½	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	8	2506
2.	Kislik, Erik Andrew		USA	2310	½	½	*	*	0	1	½	1	1	0	1	1	6½	2381
3.	Kahn, Evarth	m	HUN	2290	0	1	1	0	*	*	½	½	½	½	½	1	5½	2311
4.	Volman, Horacio		ISR	2175	0	0	½	0	½	½	*	*	½	½	1	1	4½	2262
5.	Farago, Sandor	m	HUN	2263	0	0	0	1	½	½	½	½	*	*	0	0	3	2131
6.	Carlstedt, Jonathan		GER	2293	0	0	0	0	½	0	0	0	1	1	*	*	2½	2081

11) Campeonato Paulista Interclubes

The Campeonato Paulista Interclubes took place 28th February - 8th March 2009. in Hebraica/Pinheiros - Sao Paulo. CXS A won the event. I'm not at all sure I correctly identified all the players.

Official site: http://www.fpx.com.br/

Campeonato Paulista Interclubes (BRA), 28 ii - 8 iii 2009
Pl	Team	Rm	Pts	PE	Neu
1	CXS A	2334	21½	17	248.25
2	Aramacan A	2287	19½	13	221.00
3	Clube de Xadrez de Matao	2294	19	18	230.25
4	Pinheiros A	2296	16½	10	186.25
5	Circulo Militar "A"	2214	13½	12	150.25
6	CXS B	2095	13	7	134.25
7	ATC 2	2092	6½	4	60.75
8	Iniciantes	2046	2½	0	29.50

12) Tancats de la Societat Coral

The Tancats de la Societat Coral Colon Grup GM took place 23rd January - 20th March 2009. Viktor Moskalenko won the event with 6½/9.

Official site: http://chess-results.com/tnr18677.aspx

Tancats de la Societat Coral C Sabadell (ESP), 23 i-20 iii 2009												cat. IX (2466)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Moskalenko, Viktor	g	UKR	2538	*	1	½	½	½	1	1	½	½	1	6½	2624
2.	Alsina Leal, Daniel	m	ESP	2510	0	*	0	½	1	1	½	1	½	1	5½	2541
3.	Cruz, Filemon	f	PER	2411	½	1	*	½	½	½	0	1	½	0	4½	2472
4.	Aloma Vidal, Robert	m	ESP	2399	½	½	½	*	½	1	0	0	½	1	4½	2473
5.	Almeida Quintana, Omar	g	CUB	2521	½	0	½	½	*	½	1	½	½	½	4½	2460
6.	Fluvia Poyatos, Jordi	m	ESP	2454	0	0	½	0	½	*	1	½	1	1	4½	2467
7.	Cruz, Cristhian	m	PER	2545	0	½	1	1	0	0	*	1	½	0	4	2414
8.	Panelo, Marcelo	m	ARG	2425	½	0	0	1	½	½	0	*	½	1	4	2427
9.	Rodriguez, Amador	g	ESP	2479	½	½	½	½	½	0	½	½	*	0	3½	2384
10.	Perpinya Rofes, Lluis Maria	f	ESP	2381	0	0	1	0	½	0	1	0	1	*	3½	2395

Tancats de la Societat Coral C IM Sabadell (ESP), 23 i-20 iii 2009												cat. II (2294)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Gonzalez Rodriguez, Jorge A	m	COL	2407	*	½	½	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	8	2632
2.	Gual Pascual, Antonio		ESP	2447	½	*	½	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	7	2496
3.	Mellado Trivino, Juan	m	AND	2436	½	½	*	½	½	½	½	½	½	1	5	2320
4.	Burgos Figueroa, Carlos E	m	ESA	2263	0	1	½	*	0	½	1	0	1	1	5	2340
5.	Ryan, Joseph	f	IRL	2281	0	0	½	1	*	1	½	1	0	½	4½	2295
6.	Pares Vives, Natalia	f	ESP	2288	0	0	½	½	0	*	1	0	1	1	4	2251
7.	Gonzalez, Raul	f	ARG	2310	0	0	½	0	½	0	*	1	1	1	4	2248
8.	Tallo Dominguez, Imar		ESP	2087	0	0	½	1	0	1	0	*	1	0	3½	2236
9.	Dickl, Errol		GER	2197	0	0	½	0	1	0	0	0	*	½	2	2084
10.	Avila Jimenez, Javier		ESP	2221	0	0	0	0	½	0	0	1	½	*	2	2081

Tancats de la Societat Coral C MC Sabadell (ESP), 23 i-20 iii 2009
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Campos Cayuelas, Marc	ESP	2117	*	½	1	1	½	½	½	1	½	1	6½	2245
2.	Escofet Martin, David	ESP	2159	½	*	½	1	1	½	1	½	½	1	6½	2240
3.	Gallego Bergada, Antoni	ESP	2034	0	½	*	0	½	½	1	1	1	1	5½	2168
4.	Canovas Pardo, Albert	ESP	2110	0	0	1	*	0	1	½	1	1	1	5½	2160
5.	Molano Lafuente, Ismael	ESP	2087	½	0	½	1	*	½	½	0	1	1	5	2125
6.	Moles Palleja, Pere	ESP	2179	½	½	½	0	½	*	½	½	1	½	4½	2072
7.	Segarra Calderer, Albert	ESP	2135	½	0	0	½	½	½	*	½	1	1	4½	2077
8.	Subirats Ruiz, Sergi	ESP	2058	0	½	0	0	1	½	½	*	1	1	4½	2085
9.	Sierra Casado, Manuel	ESP	1949	½	½	0	0	0	0	0	0	*	½	1½	1825
10.	Gallego Montes, Antoni	ESP	2003	0	0	0	0	0	½	0	0	½	*	1	1741

13) 3rd Georgi Agzamov Memorial

The 3rd Georgi Agzamov Memorial is underway in Tashkent (UZB). 15th-26th March 2009, with Kasimdzhanov, Tseshkovsky, Volkov, Kotsur, Golod, Kuzubov, Fedorov .....

Official site: http://www.uzchess.uz

3rd Georgi Agzamov Mem Tashkent (AZE), 15-26 iii 2009 Round 7 Standings:
1	Tseshkovsky, Vitaly	GM	RUS	2542	6.5	33	30.25	2882
2	Amonatov, Farrukh	GM	TJK	2647	5.5	31	23.25	2674
3	Malakhatko, Vadim	GM	BEL	2610	5.5	28	20.75	2612
4	Filippov, Anton	GM	UZB	2556	5.5	31.5	22.5	2637
5	Volkov, Sergey	GM	RUS	2627	5	33.5	21.75	2603
6	Kuzubov, Yuriy	GM	UKR	2626	5	32	21	2569
7	Fedorov, Alexei	GM	BLR	2619	5	28.5	20.25	2464
8	Golod, Vitali	GM	ISR	2575	5	29.5	19.75	2525
9	Dzhumaev, Marat	GM	UZB	2529	5	30	20.25	2555
10	Khamrakulov, Dzhurabek	IM	UZB	2524	5	28	17	2460
11	Ismagambetov, Anuar	GM	KAZ	2523	5	28	18.5	2483
12	Potapov, Alexander	GM	RUS	2456	5	26.5	17	2497
13	Karimov, I.		UZB	2358	5	26.5	16	2459
14	Djuraev, Sokhib	FM	TJK	2353	5	27	19	2446
15	Kasimdzhanov, Rustam	GM	UZB	2687	4.5	32	20.75	2542
16	Kotsur, Pavel	GM	KAZ	2563	4.5	28	17.5	2420
17	Chatalbashev, Boris	GM	BUL	2560	4.5	28.5	17.75	2420
18	Iuldachev, Saidali	GM	UZB	2520	4.5	32	19.25	2587
19	Safin, Shukhrat	GM	UZB	2518	4.5	22	13.25	2291
20	Kvon, Andrey		UZB	2425	4.5	28	16.75	2411
21	Potapov, Pavel	IM	RUS	2414	4.5	29	16.25	2459
22	Turaev, Halim		UZB	2334	4.5	24.5	13	2372
23	Arestanov, Timur	FM	KAZ	2253	4.5	24	13	2198
24	Dauletova, Gulmira	WIM	KAZ	2247	4.5	26	15.25	2238
25	Temirov, Bakhyt		KAZ	2243	4.5	27.5	12.75	2330
26	Khamroev, Ravshan		UZB	2206	4.5	26.5	15	2421
27	Khoroshev, Nikita		UZB	2174	4.5	29.5	18	2467
28	Zhumabayev, Rinat	IM	KAZ	2522	4	28	13.25	2413
98 players

14) Kaissa Kharkiv 2009

The "Kaissa-2009" Women's Tournament in Kharkiv 12th-20th March 2009 was dominated by Evgenia Doluhanova with 8/10. Details: http://ukrchess.org.ua/turnir/t187.html

The "Kaissa-2009" Men's Tournament in underway in Kharkiv 21st-27th March 2009. Details: http://ukrchess.org.ua/turnir/t190.html

Kaissa Men Kharkiv (UKR), 21-27 iii 2009												cat. VI (2390)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Ivanov, Alexander Al	g	RUS	2503	*	.	½	.	1	.	.	1	.	.	2½	2615
2.	Kravtsiv, Martyn	m	UKR	2510	.	*	½	.	.	.	1	.	1	.	2½	2648
3.	Efanov, Nikolai	f	RUS	2411	½	½	*	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	2	2504
4.	Simantsev, Mikhail	g	UKR	2511	.	.	.	*	.	½	½	.	1	.	2	2531
5.	Potapov, Alexey	f	RUS	2316	0	.	.	.	*	.	.	1	.	1	2	2434
6.	Arzumanian, Georgy	m	ARM	2504	.	.	.	½	.	*	.	½	½	.	1½	2355
7.	Kharchenko, Boris	m	UKR	2461	.	0	.	½	.	.	*	.	.	1	1½	2382
8.	Mischuk, Dmitry		UKR	2299	0	.	.	.	0	½	.	*	.	.	½	2168
9.	Sukharev, Sergey		UKR	2255	.	0	.	0	.	½	.	.	*	.	½	2235
10.	Varchenko, Grigory		UKR	2125	.	.	0	.	0	.	0	.	.	*	0

Kaissa Women Kharkiv (UKR), 13-20 iii 2009
					1		2		3		4		5		6
1.	Doluhanova, Evgeniya	wg	UKR	2216	*	*	½	½	1	1	1	½	½	1	1	1	8	2461
2.	Karlovich, Anastazia	wg	UKR	2251	½	½	*	*	½	½	1	½	½	½	½	½	5½	2250
3.	Petrenko, Svetlana	m	MDA	2251	0	0	½	½	*	*	0	1	1	½	1	1	5½	2250
4.	Breslavska, Galina	wf	UKR	2202	0	½	0	½	1	0	*	*	½	1	1	½	5	2224
5.	Burtasova, Anna	wm	RUS	2298	½	0	½	½	0	½	½	0	*	*	½	½	3½	2095
6.	Grapsa, Georgia		GRE	2106	0	0	½	½	0	0	0	½	½	½	*	*	2½	2050

15) FINEC GM

The FINEC GM tournament took place in St.Petersburg, 28th January - 4th February 2009. Stanislav Savchenko won the event with 6/9.

Official site: http://www.totalchess.spb.ru/kalend/2009/finec09gm.html

FINEC GM St Petersburg (RUS), 28 i-4 ii 2009												cat. VIII (2443)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Savchenko, Stanislav	g	UKR	2572	*	½	½	½	½	½	½	1	1	1	6	2553
2.	Brodsky, Michail	g	UKR	2518	½	*	½	½	½	½	½	1	½	1	5½	2514
3.	Lintchevski, Daniil	m	RUS	2481	½	½	*	½	½	½	½	½	1	1	5½	2518
4.	Matlakov, Maxim	m	RUS	2487	½	½	½	*	½	½	½	½	1	1	5½	2518
5.	Goganov, Aleksey	f	RUS	2385	½	½	½	½	*	½	½	1	½	½	5	2492
6.	Kovalev, Andrei	g	BLR	2535	½	½	½	½	½	*	½	½	½	½	4½	2432
7.	Trushelyov, Victor		AZE	2354	½	½	½	½	½	½	*	½	0	1	4½	2452
8.	Gorovykh, Eduard	m	RUS	2391	0	0	½	½	0	½	½	*	1	½	3½	2368
9.	Abasov, Nijat Azad		AZE	2397	0	½	0	0	½	½	1	0	*	1	3½	2368
10.	Khakimov, Timur	m	RUS	2310	0	0	0	0	½	½	0	½	0	*	1½	2184

16) 75 years of Karaganda City

The Tournament "75 years of Karaganda City" took place in Karaganda (KAZ), 27th February -8th March 2009. Category 9. Rustam Khusnutdinov and Dmitry Kokarev finished on 7½/10. The game Novoshitskiy - Filippov (2) is given as 0-1 in the game file and 1/2 in the table. A Filippov win seems far more likely to me.

Info: http://ratings.fide.com/tournament_report.phtml?event16=42054

75th Ann. Karaganda City Karaganda KAZ (KAZ), 27 ii-17 iii 2009										cat. IX (2473)
					1		2		3		4		5		6
1.	Khusnutdinov, Rustam	m	KAZ	2483	*	*	½	½	½	½	½	1	1	1	1	1	7½	2663
2.	Kokarev, Dmitry	g	RUS	2597	½	½	*	*	½	½	1	½	1	1	1	1	7½	2640
3.	Filippov, Anton UZB	g	UZB	2558	½	½	½	½	*	*	½	½	1	1	1	1	7	2604
4.	Ismagambetov, Anuar	g	KAZ	2523	½	0	0	½	½	½	*	*	1	1	1	1	6	2534
5.	Novoshitskiy, Yevgeniy	f	KAZ	2350	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	*	*	½	½	1	2131
6.	Serikbaev, Yerlan	f	KAZ	2325	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	½	½	*	*	1	2136

17) 7th Prifo Championship Kazan

The 7th Prifo Championship took place in Kazan, 20th-29th January 2009. Ildar Khairullin took clear first with 7/9 in a field of 99.

Official site: http://ratings.fide.com/tournament_details.phtml?event=18336

18) 69th Petrovskaja Ladja Festival

The 69th Petrovskaja Ladja Festival took place in Peterhof, 3rd- 20th January 2009 with 2 GM-Tournaments, an IM-, Women's and Open.

Official site: http://www.petergofchess.ru/page306.html

Petrovskaya Ladya GM1 Peterhof RUS (RUS), 3-10 i 2009												cat. VIII (2435)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1
1.	Levin, Evgeny A	m	RUS	2484	*	½	½	½	½	1	1	1	1	1	½	7½	2623
2.	Shimanov, Aleksandr	m	RUS	2488	½	*	1	½	1	½	½	½	1	1	1	7½	2623
3.	Kosov, Ivan	f	RUS	2383	½	0	*	½	1	1	½	½	½	1	½	6	2512
4.	Savchenko, Stanislav	g	UKR	2572	½	½	½	*	½	½	1	0	½	½	1	5½	2457
5.	Yevseev, Denis	g	RUS	2538	½	0	0	½	*	0	½	1	1	1	1	5½	2461
6.	Khuseinkhodzhaev, Muhammad		TJK	2373	0	½	0	½	1	*	½	1	½	0	1	5	2441
7.	Rozum, Ivan	m	RUS	2451	0	½	½	0	½	½	*	1	1	0	1	5	2433
8.	Fedoseev, Vladimir3	f	RUS	2344	0	½	½	1	0	0	0	*	1	½	1	4½	2408
9.	Khruschiov, Alexey	g	MDA	2498	0	0	½	½	0	½	0	0	*	1	1	3½	2319
10.	Trushelyov, Victor		AZE	2354	0	0	0	½	0	1	1	½	0	*	0	3	2294
11.	Duzhakov, Ilya		RUS	2304	½	0	½	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	*	2	2208

Petrovskaya Ladya GM2 Peterhof RUS (RUS), 13-20 i 2009												cat. VIII (2433)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Yevseev, Denis	g	RUS	2538	*	½	½	½	1	½	½	1	½	1	6	2546
2.	Brodsky, Michail	g	UKR	2518	½	*	½	½	1	1	½	½	½	½	5½	2504
3.	Savchenko, Stanislav	g	UKR	2572	½	½	*	½	½	1	½	½	½	½	5	2461
4.	Rozum, Ivan	m	RUS	2451	½	½	½	*	0	½	1	½	1	½	5	2474
5.	Duzhakov, Ilya		RUS	2304	0	0	½	1	*	0	1	½	1	1	5	2490
6.	Khuseinkhodzhaev, Muhammad		TJK	2373	½	0	0	½	1	*	1	½	0	½	4	2397
7.	Gorovykh, Eduard	m	RUS	2391	½	½	½	0	0	0	*	½	1	1	4	2395
8.	Trushelyov, Victor		AZE	2354	0	½	½	½	½	½	½	*	½	0	3½	2362
9.	Khruschiov, Alexey	g	MDA	2498	½	½	½	0	0	1	0	½	*	½	3½	2346
10.	Yaksin, Oleg		RUS	2335	0	½	½	½	0	½	0	1	½	*	3½	2364

19) 24th Annual OCF FIDE

The OCF FIDE 24th Annual P66 Chess Classic took place March 14th-15th 2009.

The event was held at the venerable Hotel Phillips where for more than 50 years the visiting oil executives who come to Bartlesville, Oklahoma to do business with Phillips 66 Petroleum headquarters stayed. William Orton from Arkansas repeated as winner with 4.5 / 5. Steve Wharry was the organizer and Arbiter assisted by I.A. Frank Berry and Jim Berry. My thanks to Frank Berry for this report and most of the games.

24th OCF FIDE P-66 Ch Cl Bartlesville (USA), 14-15 iii 2009
1	William Orton	USA	2162	4.5
2	Devin Hughes	USA	2013	4.0
3	Mike Crockett	USA	2032	4.0
4	Ryan Ferell	USA		4.0
5	David McCann	USA		4.0
6	Mark Anderson	USA	1776	3.5
34 players (17 were FIDE rated)

20) Ajedrez Plus Chess Festival

The Ajedrez Plus Chess Festival takes place in Ramos Mejia - Buenos Aires 14th-22nd March 2009. GM Andres Rodriguez Vila plays. (the postponed game Guerrero-Rodriguez from round two is unavailable and is given as a win and a loss for white depending on which part of the site you look at).

Official site: http://www.ajedrezplus.com.ar/ver_noticia.php?id=32

Copa Ajedrez Plus Ramos Mejia (ARG), 14-22 iii 2009													cat. III (2301)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2
1.	Goldwaser, Christian		ARG	2356	*	1	1	1	0	.	1	½	½	1	.	½	6½	2473
2.	Quiroga, Facundo	m	ARG	2329	0	*	1	.	1	1	½	½	1	½	1	.	6½	2483
3.	Rodriguez Vila, Andres	g	URU	2524	0	0	*	1	1	0	1	.	.	1	1	1	6	2398
4.	Larrea, Manuel	f	URU	2276	0	.	0	*	1	1	½	1	½	.	½	1	5½	2382
5.	Barrionuevo, Pablo	f	ARG	2327	1	0	0	0	*	1	1	.	1	.	½	0	4½	2314
6.	Guerrero, Alvaro		URU	2178	.	0	1	0	0	*	0	½	1	1	1	.	4½	2325
7.	Valiente, Cristobal	m	PAR	2254	0	½	0	½	0	1	*	½	.	1	.	½	4	2245
8.	Shcherbine, Andrei		RUS	2171	½	½	.	0	.	½	½	*	0	0	1	1	4	2244
9.	Ginzburg, Maximiliano	m	ARG	2455	½	0	.	½	0	0	.	1	*	½	½	½	3½	2184
10.	Nedilsky, Diego	f	ARG	2285	0	½	0	.	.	0	0	1	½	*	½	1	3½	2222
11.	Mayorga, Nicolas	f	ARG	2306	.	0	0	½	½	0	.	0	½	½	*	1	3	2174
12.	Daneri, Martin		ARG	2149	½	.	0	0	1	.	½	0	½	0	0	*	2½	2162

21) SPICE Spring Invitational

The SPICE Spring Invitational took place 16th-22nd March 2009. Robert Hess won the event with 7/10.

Official site: http://www.depts.ttu.edu/spice/SPICE_Spring_Invitational.php with live coverage at: http://www.monroi.com

SPICE Spring Inv Lubbock (USA), 16-22 iii 2009										cat. XI (2505)
					1		2		3		4		5		6
1.	Hess, Robert L	m	USA	2483	*	*	½	0	½	1	1	½	1	½	1	1	7	2658
2.	Kacheishvili, Giorgi	g	GEO	2590	½	1	*	*	½	½	1	0	1	0	1	½	6	2559
3.	Gareev, Timur	g	UZB	2580	½	0	½	½	*	*	1	1	½	½	½	½	5½	2525
4.	Robson, Ray	m	USA	2455	0	½	0	1	0	0	*	*	1	1	½	1	5	2514
5.	Sharavdorj, Dashzegve	g	MGL	2428	0	½	0	1	½	½	0	0	*	*	1	0	3½	2410
6.	Antal, Gergely	m	HUN	2493	0	0	0	½	½	½	½	0	0	1	*	*	3	2358

22) 10th Internet Chess Tournament - Ciudad de Dos Hermanas

The Ciudad de Dos Hermanas Internet tournament took place on Internet Chess Club (ICC), March 13th-21st 2009. News: IM Michael Rahal (EDAMI, Barcelona)

During nine days the tenth edition of the Internet Chess Tournament "Ciudad de Dos Hermanas", has been battled out on the Internet Chess Club www.chessclub.com. With 1975 registrations, amongst them many of the best blitz players in the world, this event has definitely become one of the biggest chess events in the world, both online and on-the-board. It's not easy to find a chess festival with so many sportsmen participating.

With this event, the Seville city and its Sports Council continue to promote chess as an educational tool and sports promotion, combining it with the on-the-board Open that will be held on the 28th of March (details: http://www.doshermanas.net/actividades.asp?id=51) with more than 15 GM's already registered.

After the drop-out of IM Robert Hess, the 32 finalists, 26 of them Grand Masters, held a two-day battle until the quick play specialist Ukranian GM Dmitry Kononenko (2574) defeated in the final another great blitz player, Armenian GM Zaven Andriasyan (2564) by a clear 3.5 to 1.5. In his path to the final, Kononenko had to overcome the two pre-event favourites: American GM Hikaru Nakamura and the winner of the previous two editions of the event, Jorge Sammour-Hasbun. Thus, his victory is a great achievement.

The total prize fund was 7.500 euros with the winner receiving a 2.000 euros first prize.

Tournament winners

Edition	Year	Winner
I Dos Hermanas Internet	2000	Dmitry Tyomkin (ISR - MI 2513)
II Dos Hermanas Internet	2001	Sergei Shipov (RUS - GM 2640)
III Dos Hermanas Internet	2002	Alexander Rustemov (RUS - GM 2607)
IV Dos Hermanas Internet	2003	Vladimir Potkin (RUS - GM 2516)
V Dos Hermanas Internet	2004	Daniel Fridman (GER - GM 2588) and Jan Gustafsson (GER - GM 2572)
VI Dos Hermanas Internet	2005	Daniel Fridman (GER - GM 2569)
VII Dos Hermanas Internet	2006	Fabian Doetlling (GER - GM 2542)
VIII Dos Hermanas Internet	2007	Jorge Sammour-Hasbun (USA - 2460)
IX Dos Hermanas Internet	2008	Jorge Sammour-Hasbun (USA - 2460)
X Dos Hermanas Internet	2009	Dmitry Kononenko (UKR - GM 2574)

Complete standings and other interesting information can be found at the Dos Hermanas web site http://www.doshermanas.net - Download PGN of the finales

32-player Knockout Finals

	1/16 Final	1/8 Final	1/4 Final	1/2 Final	Final
1 32	CapilanoBridge (3.0) Garpun (0.0)	CapilanoBridge (2.5) JonLudvig (0.5)	CapilanoBridge (1.5) Dako (2.5)	Dako (5.0) NECF-InSchools (4.0)	Dako (3.5) ZavenGrozny (1.5)
16 17	lestri (1.5) JonLudvig (2.5)
8 25	bani (1.0) Malish-Billy (3.0)	Malish-Billy (0.5) Dako (2.5)
9 24	Dako (3.0) denmanisgod (0.0)
4 29	D-Fridman (3.0) HuevosDeLeon (1.0)	D-Fridman (0.0) Imperator15 (3.0)	Imperator15 (1.5) NECF-InSchools (2.5)
13 20	Imperator15 (2.5) Prokuror (1.5)
5 28	Vladimirovich NO-SHOW (0.0) NECF-InSchools (3.0)	NECF-InSchools (4.0) Neurisdr (2.0)
12 21	Neurisdr (3.0) Pchyolka (1.0)
2 31	Inch (3.0) D-Fernandez (1.0)	Inch (3.0) Iturrizaga (0.0)	Inch (0.5) ZavenGrozny (2.5)	ZavenGrozny (3.0) lodachnik (1.0)
15 18	DRUID1 NO-SHOW (0.0) Iturrizaga (3.0)
7 26	Fier (0.0) AyrapetyanY (3.0)	AyrapetyanY (2.5) ZavenGrozny (3.5)
10 23	ZavenGrozny (3.0) topotun NO-SHOW (0.0)
3 30	ARM-AKIBA (3.0) Federicov (1.0)	ARM-AKIBA (2.0) MEGAYARICK (4.0)	MEGAYARICK (1.5) lodachnik (2.5)
14 19	VerdeNotte (1.0) MEGAYARICK (3.0)
6 27	Ehsan21 (3.0) Dinamit LAG, DISCONNECT, FORFEIT (0.0)	Ehsan21 (1.0) lodachnik (3.0)
11 22	lodachnik (3.5) Dlugy (2.5)

23) I Costa del Sol International

The I Costa del Sol International takes place 22nd February - 29th March 2009. Abel Carrascoso Morales and Antonio Naranjo Moreno lead on 5.5/6. Details: http://es.geocities.com/clubajedrezsanpedro/

24) M-Tel Masters

The 5th M-Tel Masters takes place in Sofia 12th-23rd May 2009 (rest day 18th May).

The Category XXI event sees Veselin Topalov, Magnus Carlsen, Vassily Ivanchuk, Wang Yue, Leinier Dominguez Perez and Alexei Shirov play in a double round robin format. The games will be played in a glass pavilion on the square in front of the National Theatre Ivan Vazov.

The time control is 90 minutes for 40 moves per player and 60 minutes per player till the end of the game. The maximum period for a single game is 5 hours. "Sofia rules" will again be used. They are that: Opponents cannot communicate during the games and cannot offer a draw. Proposals for a draw can be made only through the Chief Arbiter in three cases: triple repetition, eternal chess and theoretical draw position. When making the decisions the Chief Arbiter will be consulted by Zurab Azmaiparashvili, Vice President of FIDE.

Official site: http://www.mtelmasters.com

25) Forthcoming Events and Links

Mar de Ajo International

The Mar de Ajo International takes place 23rd-31st March 2009.

Official site: http://scalise.fortunecity.com/ajo09/ajo09ini.htm

Mar de Ajo (ARG), 23-31 iii 2009
Andres Rodriguez	GM	2531	URU
Salvador Alonso	IM	2441	ARG
Sergio Slipak	GM	2454	ARG
Maximiliano Ginzburg	IM	2455	ARG
Andre Diamant	IM	2472	BRA
Carlos Garcia Palermo	GM	2484	ITA
Herman C. van Riemsdijk	IM	2392	BRA
Juan P. Hobaica	IM	2402	ARG
Raul Claverie	IM	2374	ARG
Jorge Rodriguez	FM	2393	ARG

Chess Classic Mainz

The Chess Classic Mainz takes place 27th July - 2nd August 2009 in the Rheingoldhalle in Mainz.

The world championships in rapid chess and Chess960 will be staged in a tried and trusted double round robin format with four players, after which the players battle it out in mini-matches to determine the top spot. The players for the main events have already been contracted.

The GRENKELEASING Rapid World Championship sees the World Chess Champion and Chess Classic serial winner Vishy Anand will try to defend his title for the 11th time in a row. He faces Levon Aronian, Ian Nepomniachtchi and Arkadij Naiditsch.

Other events include the gigantic ORDIX rapid chess Open, the FiNet Ches960 Open, the open tournaments for U14 talents, the 40 board simultaneous exhibition with Levon Aronian, the Livingston Chess960 Computer World Championship, etc., etc.

Full details: http://www.chesstigers.de

XXVII Andorra International Chess Open

The XXVII Andorra International Chess Open takes place 18th-26th July 2009. Contact: open@escacsandorra.com

Official site: http://www.escacsandorra.com

Rector Cup

The Rector Cup takes place 25th-29th March 2009 in the Palace of Students of the National Law Academy in Kharkov, Ukraine.

The event includes a match between the two strongest Ukrainian clubs, Law Academy and PVK-Kievchess.

Players include: GMs Ruslan Ponomariov, Alexander Beliavsky, Vladimir Baklan, Alexander Moiseenko, Pavel Eljanov, Valeriy Aveskulov, Evgenij Miroshnichenko, Zahar Efimenko and the most talented Ukrainian young player, Illya Nyzhnyk.

News Chess Today.

Official site: http://www.chesslaw.org.ua

40th Mar del Plata International

The 40th Mar del Plata International takes place 5th-12th April 2009.

Official site: http://www.mdpajedrez.org.ar/arch800/abierto40.htm

27th Elba Chess Festival

The 27th Elba Chess Festival takes place 10th-17th May 2009.

Official site: http://www.tuscanhotels.it/cmsx.asp?IDPg=10

Calgary International

Calgary, Alberta (Canada) stages a small 9 round international norm event May 14th-18th, 2009. A host of GM's and IM's will be in attendance, IM norms will be available.

Official site:http://www.albertachess.org/Calgary_International.html

For more info, email the tournament organiser Tony Ficzere at tficzere@telus.net

Dutch Teams

The Dutch Team Championship takes place 27th September 2008 - 10th May 2009. Round 6 took place on the 7th March. Round 7 is on the 28th March 2009.

Great coverage at: http://www.schakers.info/ and also the http://www.schaakbond.nl/wedstrijdschaak/knsb-competitie/

Dutch Teams (NED), 27 ix 2008 - 10 iv 2009 Round 6 (7th March 2009) results
Schrijvers Rotterdam	BSG	8-2
Homburg Apeldoorn	Hotels.nl	4-6
LSG	HMC Calder	2.5-7.5
HSG	Utrecht	8.5-1.5
Voerendaal	ESGOO	4.5-5.5

Dutch Teams (NED), 27 ix 2008 - 10 iv 2009 Round 6 Standings:
	Meesterklasse	Mp	Bp	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
1.	HSG	12	44½	x	.	.	.	8½	8½	6½	7½	5½	8
2.	Hotels.nl	10	39½	.	x	6	6½	8½	4½	6	.	.	8
3.	HMC Calder	8	35	.	4	x	4	5½	.	5½	.	7½	8½
4.	Schrijvers Rotterdam	8	33½	.	3½	6	x	4½	5½	.	6	.	8
5.	Utrecht	6	25	1½	1½	4½	5½	x	.	5½	.	6½	.
6.	ESGOO	5	24½	1½	5½	.	4½	.	x	2½	5½	5	.
7.	Homburg Apeldoorn	4	29½	3½	4	4½	.	4½	7½	x	5½	.	.
8.	Voerendaal	4	29	2½	.	.	4	.	4½	4½	x	6½	7
9.	LSG	3	27	4½	.	2½	.	3½	5	.	3½	x	8
10.	BSG	0	12½	2	2	1½	2	.	.	.	3	2	x

London super-tournament in December 2009

Cream of world chess to play in new London tournament. [Press release 9th March 2009]

London Chess Centre is proud to announce a world-class chess tournament to be held in London in December, 2009. The event will be an elite eight-player all-play-all in the most prestigious tournament in the capital since former world champion Anatoly Karpov won the Phillips and Drew Masters in 1984.

Since then, despite London hosting three world title contests, there has not been a tournament in which England's leading players could lock horns with the world's best on home soil. The December 09 tournament will be the first in a series of events designed to reinvigorate UK chess and promote the game and its undoubted educational benefits in schools and communities.

The tournament will be FIDE Category 19 with an average FIDE rating of 2700 and a minimum prize fund of €100,000. The eight players will comprise of three English and five world-class Grandmasters from abroad. Included in the prize fund will be a €10,000 Brilliant Game award along with separate prizes for each victory with the White and Black pieces. Matches will be covered live online where fans will be able to vote for Game of the Day.

The tournament has applied for membership of the prestigious annual Grand Slam of Chess which culminates in Bilbao and boasts a €400,000 prize fund.

The games will be under Classical Chess time control; 40 moves in two hours, 20 in the subsequent hour then an additional 15 minutes plus an increment of 30 seconds a move until the end of the game. The tournament will further benefit from the use of Sofia Rules which disallow early draws. Players will receive three points for a win and one for a draw.

The opening ceremony will take place on Thursday, December 10 and will include a blindfold chess display and charity simultaneous. Play will take place daily from Friday, December 11 to Thursday, December 17 inclusive.

The list of players and venue will be announced in April.

Malcolm Pein (IM) Director London Chess Centre

Notes for editors: All communications to Malcolm Pein IM at London Chess Centre: 020 7388 2404. E-Mail: info@chess.co.uk. Website: www.chess.co.uk

Masterskill Commonwealth Chess Championships

The Masterskill Commonwealth Chess Championships takes place 14th-21st July 2009 in Ipoh, Malaysia.

Details: http://www.fide.com/component/content/article/4-tournaments/3827-commonwealth-chess-championship-2009-in-malaysia

Maia Chiburdanidze Cup

The "Maia Chiburdanidze Cup" (International Open Women's Chess Tournament) takes place in the Chess Palace, Tbilisi (Georgia) 4th-13th June 2009. The Tournament is open to all women players. Each player must herself (or her federation) cover all her expenses: entry fee, transportation, accommodation and board. 9 round Swiss. Rate of play: 90 min for all moves, increment 30 seconds per move. Details available from the addresses below.

Contact IA, FM Varlam Vepkhvishvili E-mail: chessgeorgia@hotmail.com or chessvarlam@hotmail.com.

Phone:
(995)32-997736 - Federation
(995)32-960199 - Home
(995)99-771974 - Mobile

Official site: http://www.gcf.org.ge

1st International Open Tbilisi

The 1st International Open Tbilisi Chess Tournament takes place 14th-24th June 2009.

Official site: http://www.chess.tbilisi.ge (not yet up and running)

9 round Swiss. Rate of play: 90 min for all moves, increment 30 seconds per move. Details available from the addresses below.

e-mail: chessvarlam@hotmail.com - Varlam Vepkhvishvili
e-mail: ggrs92@hotmail.com - Giorgi Khomeriki

Varna Chess Festival

The 1st International Chess Festival Varna, takes place at the Grand Hotel Varna 11th-20th June 2009. Contact: seahorse@abv.bg for more details.

Website: http://euroschoolchess.org/ (although I couldn't find the event myself)

Tournament of Young Talents

The 30th annual Tournament of Young Talents takes place 9th - 13th April 2009 in Frydek-Mistek, Czech Republic. It is a festival of three tournaments: Tournament of young talents - several groups for youth players under 14 years Up to 8 years children championship - open Czech Championship under 8 years Pobeskydi - FIDE open and at least one round-robin with the possibility to achieve IM/WGM norm.

Further details: http://www.chessfm.cz

European Youth Championships

The European Youth Championships (U10 - U18) takes place in Fermo/Italy 30th August - 10th September 2009.

Details: http://www.euroyouth2009.com

European Senior Championships

The European Individual Senior Championship takes place in Rogaska Slatina/Slovenia 22nd - 31st July 2009. For the first time just before the event a European Senior Rapid Championship will be organised. The dates are 19th - 21st July.

Further details are published under http://www.sahohlacnik.com/eu-sen/

European Union Website

The European Chess Union Website ECU website has changed address to http://www.europechess.org

Szombathely IM

There is an IM tournament in Szombathely (HUN) 26th March - 3rd April 2009 9-11 rounds 100 minutes/40 moves + 30 minutes , 30 sec addition after each move Chief Arbiter: PERGEL Laszlo International Arbiter Accomodation: Pansion (tv, bathroom, wifi) 40 Eur/night/room/2 person Entry Fee: 120 euro Schedule: Opening Ceremony: 26th March 2009 15.30 Rounds: 26th March - 3rd April every day 16.00 Information: CSONKA Attila 0036-70-200-4233 attila_csonka@hotmail.com PERGEL Laszlo 0036-70-775-4901 pergell@citromail.hu

Alushta Diary 2009

Alushta Diary 2009:

GM Norm events: 23.05 - 1.06, 2.06 - 12.06, 15.06 - 25.06, 2.09 - 12.09, 14.09 - 24.09, 26.09 - 6.10, IM Norm: 23.05 - 1.06, 2.06 - 12.06, 15.06 - 25.06, 2.09 - 12.09, 14.09 - 24.09, 26.09 - 6.10, Rating tournament: 4.06 - 12.06, 22.06 - 27.06, 5.09 - 13.09, Open tournament (under 16 years) 3.06 - 11.06, 13.06 - 21.06, Alushta Swiss 9 rounds Open tournament First prize - 1000$ First prize (woman) - 500$ 28.06 - 6.07, 10.07 - 18.07, 20.07 - 28.07, 22.08 - 30.08, Alushta Swiss 9 rounds Blitz tournament 7.07, 19.07, 29.07, Alushta Swiss 9 rounds Open tournament (rapid chess) 8.07 - 9.07, 30.07 - 31.07, Alushta Session of school of Gennadi Kuzmin 21.06 - 27.06, 15.07 - 24.07. Individual and group studying Further information: http://www.kaissa.com.ua phone +38 (06560)5-05-32, +380505828911 (for Russian speaking), + 380506692604 (for English speaking) e-mail: info@kaissa.com.ua

21st Lenk International Chess Festival

After a great jubilee with the 20th Lenk Chess Festival, last year has come the shock news that the, 21st Lenk International Tournament, April 9th-13th 2009 will be the last chess event in the Simmental region, a very attractive tourist area. "Beochess" with "Swiss Chess Tour" this year close all their chess activity. During 21 years Lenk became very popular in chess world and it will be pity if nobody keeps on the tremendous tradition.

So, last time, Hotel Kreuz will be venue, Lenk Open. Swiss system, 7 rounds and the games will last a maximum of 5 hours (40 moves for 2 hours and 30 minutes till the end). The prizes: 1.500 SF, 1.200, 800, 600, 400, 2x300 and 3x200 SF. Special prizes: Ladies, senior (1948), junior(1989-92), schoolboy (1993) and amateur (under 2000) for all: 200 CHF. Entry fee 130 SF, FMs and juniors 60 SF, at the door 20 SF more, GMs and IMs free. Venue: Hotel "Kreuz". Time table: Round 1st 18.00-23.00 April 9,; Rounds 2/3 10.00-15.00 and 16.00-21.00 April 10,; Round 4 14.00-19.00 April 11,; Rounds 5/6 10.00-15.00 and 16.00-21.00 April 12,; Round 7 10.00-15.00 April 13. Closing ceremony April 13 at 16.00.

Info: Beochess +41+62+965-46-50 (Robert Spoerri) or event@beochess.ch or site http://www.beochess.ch for more details.

Zuerich Chess Club 200th Anniversary

Dr. Christian Rohrer reports: The world's oldest chess club celebrates its 200th year with spectacular jubilee events, including World Champions Spassky, Kasparov and Anand.

The Schachgesellschaft Zuerich celebrates 200th anniversary with spectacular jubilee events

The Schachgesellschaft Zuerich, the world's oldest chess club, celebrates its 200th year in 2009 with spectacular jubilee events. To mark the anniversary, some of the greatest masters of the last five decades, including World Champions Spassky, Kasparov and Anand, will play at the event. Highlights will be a simultaneous exhibition and a rapid chess tournament on the 22nd and 23rd of August, held in Zurich Main Railway Station. With generous sponsor support from Credit Suisse the Schachgesellschaft Zuerich continues its long standing tradition of world class chess tournaments.

On Saturday the 22nd of August, in simultaneous games 200 amateurs will be honoured to face eight word-class chess players, who have made historical contributions to world chess over the last 50 years: Viswanathan Anand, Anatoly Karpov, Garry Kasparov, Viktor Korchnoi, Vladimir Kramnik, Boris Spassky, Ruslan Ponomariov and Veselin Topalov. On Sunday the 23rd of August, these champions will compete against each other in an exciting rapid chess format. Judit Polgar, the strongest female chess player ever, and Werner Hug of Schachgesellschaft Zuerich, former world junior chess champion, will replace Kasparov and Spassky, who have retired from competitive chess.

A huge number of spectators, from enthusiasts to the generally curious, is expected for the events at Zurich Railway Main Station. And no one need miss it: All commemorative events will be streamed live via Internet.

The jubilee commences with an open tournament; certain to be one of the most exciting open chess tournaments of 2009. Players of every skill level, from beginners to the elite world class, are expected and will be welcomed at the Zurich Kongresshaus from August 9th to the 15th, 2009. They will compete in two tournaments, 9 rounds each, for CHF 100.000 guaranteed prize money and many attractive prizes.

To further honour the occasion, Richard Forster, reputable chess historian, will release his comprehensive book, researched in great detail, on the unique history of the Schachgesellschaft Zuerich. Entitled "Schachgesellschaft Zuerich: 1809 bis 2009", Forster's work will analyze the development of the Schachgesellschaft Zuerich from the times of Napoleon to the present day.

Details: http://www.sgzurich2009.ch

5th Thessaloniki Games Festival

The 5th Thessaloniki Games Festival takes place 26th April - 4th May 2009.

Official site: http://www.gamesfestival.com/ (wasn't working when I checked) and a full listing of the event.

32nd Ikaros Chess Festival 2009

The traditional 32nd Ikaros Chess Festival 2009 takes place on Ikaria island.

The main event of the festival, the International Aegean Open Championship takes place 11th-19th July 2009. It is a 9 round swiss event with prize fund 3600 Euros in total (1st prize 1000 Euros, special money prizes for ladies and veterans). Special conditions for GMs/IMs and WGMs/WIMs are provided, special discounts for families and club teams are also offered (more information will be available in the official announcement of the festival that will be out soon on the official webpage.

Contact info: ikaros@chess.gr while to contact us on the phone one can try: +30 6932 478386 or +30 210 5010871 (Mr. Savas Kyriakou). For general information about the island of Ikaria one can also check at: http://www.island-ikaria.com

Official site: http://www.chess.gr/ikaros

32nd San Sebastian Open

32nd San Sebastian International Open, takes place 5th-12th April 2009 in the Spanish northern city of San Sebastian (near french border).

Info: http://www.fgajedrez.org/open/open.htm

Pula Open 2009

The 23rd International Chess Tournament "Pula Open 2009" takes place 27th June - 4th July 2009 in Pula, Croatia. Official site: http://www.skpula.hr and contact e-mail: pulaopen@globalnet.hr.

Hungarian Chess Tournaments March-October 2009

1. 7th-19th of February, FIRST SATURDAY GM-IM-FM Budapest FIRST SATURDAY Budapest, GM-IM-FM round robins (BERGER), 9-13 games, GM-IM norm possibilities in Budapest, venue: Hungarian Chess Federation, Falk Miksa Str.10. 2nd floor. Organisation: Nagy Laszlo, FIDE International Chess Organizer /NL/, E-mail: firstsat@hu.inter.net Website: http://www.firstsaturday.hu Phone-fax: +(361)-2632859, cellphone: +(36)-30-230-1914 /From 12:00 a.m. until midnight - Central European Time = GMT+1/

2.20th-28th of February IM-Rating Caissa, Kecskemet, org: Dr.Erdelyi, Tamas, cellphone: +36-30-271-33-38, Landline phone-fax: +36-76-481-685 e-mail: postmaster@caissa.t-online.hu Website: http://www.caissachessbooks.hu Usually also in the second half of the month IM and rating tournaments in Kecskemet, a city 80 km South-East from Budapest.

3.7th-19th of March, First Saturday, Budapest, GM-IM-FM, org Nagy L.

4.20th-28th of March, 25th BUDAPEST SPRING FESTIVAL 9 rounds Swiss Open, org: Nagy L. - e-mail: firstsat@hu.inter.net

5.4th-16th of April First Saturday Budapest, org.Nagy L.

6.18th-26th of April Caissa, IM + rating Kecskemet, Org.Erdelyi,

7.2nd-14th of May, First Saturday GM-IM-FM Budapest, org Nagy L.

Kecskemet Caissa IM + rating tournaments more: 16th-25th of May, 20th-28th of June, 18th-27th of July, 15th-24th of August, 19th-28th of September. FIRST SATURDAY Budapest GM-IM-FM tournaments more: 6th-18th of June, 4th-16th of July, 1st-13th of August, 5th-17th of September.

Novi Sad Open

1) Open turnir , 10-11 jan. 2009 , Srpska Nova g. u N. Sadu , 5 kola , rejtinguje se !!, fide tempo http://www.drazic.co.rs

2) IM , berger, 10-18.jan.2009. , 10 rounds, fide tempo, Novi SAd, for elo and norms fide, http://www.drazic.co.rs

3) Open turnir , 16-18 jan.2009, Novi Sad "Zima u Novom Sadu", 5 kola , rejtinguje se !!, fide tempo http://www.drazic.co.rs

4) cuger turnir , Olimpik, 12. jan.2009, Novi Sad, start 20 h , http://www.drazic.co.rs

5) program of chess edukation, every day from 12-15 jan. 2009 chess lessons with varius GM and Im (available in 3 languages),,,, some of teachers GM Kosanovic G. , GM SEdlak Nikola, GM Kovacevic A , GM DRazic Sinisa etc...

6) Open t. , "Dunav-Drava -Sava" , Banja Junakovic(87km from N.Sad), 9 rounds, fide tempo, possible norms fide and elo, date - 21-25.01.2009., special package , only 130 eur, 4 days full board with available swiming pool, and include also entry fee !! more http://www.drazic.co.rs Special discount for people who take part in more than one events.

Luis Scalise

Luis Scalise's chess pages have moved to: http://scalise.fortunecity.com/

Grand Slam Masters Final

The 2nd edition of the Grand Slam Masters Final will be played in Bilbao, September 2-15th 2009. The winners of Corus-Wijk aan Zee, Ciudad de Linares and Mtel Masters-Sofia tournaments will qualify directly for the Masters Final in Bilbao, where the first edition (played at a central square, inside a glass cube) was a very big success last September.

More details on the 2009 tournament (number of players, system of play, etc) will be announced at the end of the Corus tournament in Wijk aan Zee. The Grand Slam is in negotiations to include one more high level tournament in the 2009 circuit.

Grand Slam Chess Association (GSCA)

Dresden, 23 November 2008

Chess Study

Dr Robert Howard is making a study of rated chess players.

The full article: http://education.arts.unsw.edu.au/fidestudy/results

If you would like to participate, please go to this website: http://education.arts.unsw.edu.au/fidestudy/

For any queries, please contact Dr Robert Howard, University of New South Wales, on rwh@unsw.edu.au

Bundesliga

The Schachbundesliga season 2008/09 runs 3rd-5th October and runs until March 2009. 16 Teams compete with team rosters of 16-18 players but only eight play each weekend. There will be live coverage of all the games.

Dates: 4th-5th October 2008 25th-26th October 2008 29th-30th November 2008 12th-14th December 2008 (Here the official seventh round will be played. Although some will be played at other times) 31st January 2008 - 1st February 2009. 28th February - 1st March 2009. 28th-29th March 2009.

Official site of the Schachbundesliga (http://www.schachbundesliga.de/index.aspx) Further information (in German) and the entrance site for the live coverage: http://www.schachbundesliga.de/index.aspx

European Youth U-16 winners Texas Scholarships

The University of Texas at Dallas (USA) has offered scholarships to the winners of the U-16 European Youth Chess Championships since 2007. The agreement with the European Chess Union has been extended for another three years. The total value of the scholarships during this five-year period will be approximately 1 million USD, said James A. Stallings, Director of the UTD chess program.

Interview on the ECU website: http://www.europechess.org/home518.aspx?art=ft

27th Elba Island Festival

The 27th International Chess Festival of Elba Island "Luigi Amalfi", takes place at the Hotel Lacona 10th-17th May 2009.

Details: http://www.tuscanhotels.it/en/cmsx.asp?IDPg=23

Icelandic Team Championship

Icelandic Team Champ 1st div first half took place 3rd-5th October 2008. The 2nd set of games are March 21st-22nd March 2009 if I understand the website correctly. A small number of games are available.

Official site: http://www.skaksamband.is/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=5982&Itemid=499# and results: http://chess-results.com/tnr16443.aspx

Doeberl Cup and Sydney International 2009

The 2009 Doeberl Cup is in Canberra 9th-13th April 2009. See http://www.doeberlcup.com.au/

The 2009 Sydney International Open takes place 15th-19th April 2009. See http://www.chessaustralia.com.au/index.cfm?site=open

Free entry to GMs, IMs, WGMs and WIMs.

Free accommodation for selected GMs and WGMs.

For further information, please contact Brian Jones info@chessaustralia.com.au

GM Boris Alterman's Chess Lessons

GM Boris Alterman has a blog with free chess lessons on it.

Website: http://chesslessons.wordpress.com/

Etienne Bacrot's Website

Etienne Bacrot has a website at: http://www.chess22.fr/ with his analysis and news. Very worth while, especially when he's playing.

ICC and FICS client for mobile phones

Mats Luthman has written a program that connects to ICC and FICS, compatable with many modern mobile phones. I've been looking for something like this for a while for watching live tournaments if I'm out and about. Its a nice free solution, you can also play but I haven't tried that.

Website: http://www.luthman.nu/Mobi/Mobi.html